Details about Robert James Town

Access statistics for papers by Robert James Town.

Last updated 2017-05-04. Update your information in the RePEc Author Service.

Short-id: pto430

Working Papers

2020

1. Countervailing Market Power and Hospital Competition
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2019

2. Optimal Managed Competition Subsidies
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2015

3. Externalities and Benefit Design in Health Insurance
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
4. Regulating Innovation with Uncertain Quality: Information, Risk, and Access in Medical Devices
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
5. Salience, Myopia, and Complex Dynamic Incentives: Evidence from Medicare Part D
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)

2014

6. Impacts of Unionization on Quality and Productivity: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Nursing Homes
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (11)
   See also Journal Article Impacts of Unionization on Quality and Productivity, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2015) View citations (38) (2015)
7. The Industrial Organization of Health Care Markets
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article The Industrial Organization of Health-Care Markets, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (122) (2015)

2013

8. Can Amputation Save the Hospital? The Impact of the Medicare Rural Flexibility Program on Demand and Welfare
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in VfS Annual Conference 2013 (Duesseldorf): Competition Policy and Regulation in a Global Economic Order, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2013)
9. Health Information Technology and Patient Outcomes: The Role of Organizational and Informational Complementarities
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
10. Mergers When Prices are Negotiated: Evidence from the Hospital Industry
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Mergers When Prices Are Negotiated: Evidence from the Hospital Industry, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (184) (2015)

2012

11. Competition in Health Care Markets
    The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK View citations (68)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (184)
    See also Chapter Competition in Health Care Markets, Handbook of Health Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (126) (2011)
12. The Impact of Health Information Technology on Hospital Productivity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The impact of health information technology on hospital productivity, RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation (2013) View citations (38) (2013)

2011

13. Regression Discontinuity Designs with an Endogenous Forcing Variable and an Application to Contracting in Health Care
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)

2008

14. Managed Care and Medical Expenditures of Medicare Beneficiaries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Managed care and medical expenditures of Medicare beneficiaries, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (16) (2008)

2006

15. The Welfare Consequences of Hospital Mergers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)

2005

16. Did the HMO Revolution Cause Hospital Consolidation?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2004

17. Managed Care, Drug Benefits and Mortality: An Analysis of the Elderly
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Managed Care, Drug Benefits and Mortality: An Analysis of the Elderly, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2011) View citations (3) (2011)

2003

18. Are All The Good Men Married? Uncovering the Sources of the Marital Wage Premium
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego
    See also Journal Article Are All the Good Men Married? Uncovering the Sources of the Marital Wage Premium, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2004) View citations (112) (2004)

2002

19. Bayesian inference for hospital quality in a selection model
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Bayesian Inference for Hospital Quality in a Selection Model, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2003) View citations (113) (2003)
20. Competition, Payer, and Hospital Quality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2000

21. Inferring Hospital Quality from Patient Discharge Records Using a Bayesian Selection Model
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society

Undated

22. The Welfare Impact of Medicare HMOs
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (45)
    See also Journal Article The Welfare Impact of Medicare HMOs, RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (2003) View citations (51) (2003)

Journal Articles

2016

1. Health information technology and patient outcomes: the role of information and labor coordination
   RAND Journal of Economics, 2016, 47, (1), 207-236 View citations (20)

2015

2. Editorial: Relaunch of the journal
   International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2015, 15, (1), 1-2
3. Impacts of Unionization on Quality and Productivity
   ILR Review, 2015, 68, (4), 771-806 View citations (38)
   See also Working Paper Impacts of Unionization on Quality and Productivity: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Nursing Homes, IZA Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (7) (2014)
4. Mergers When Prices Are Negotiated: Evidence from the Hospital Industry
   American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (1), 172-203 View citations (184)
   See also Working Paper Mergers When Prices are Negotiated: Evidence from the Hospital Industry, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (18) (2013)
5. The Industrial Organization of Health-Care Markets
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2015, 53, (2), 235-84 View citations (122)
   See also Working Paper The Industrial Organization of Health Care Markets, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (10) (2014)

2014

6. Industry Shock Expectations, Interindustry Linkages, and Merger Waves: Evidence from the Hospital Industry
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2014, 23, (3), 548-567 View citations (4)

2013

7. The impact of health information technology on hospital productivity
   RAND Journal of Economics, 2013, 44, (3), 545-568 View citations (38)
   See also Working Paper The Impact of Health Information Technology on Hospital Productivity, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (4) (2012)

2011

8. Managed Care, Drug Benefits and Mortality: An Analysis of the Elderly
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2011, 11, (2), 32 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Managed Care, Drug Benefits and Mortality: An Analysis of the Elderly, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (4) (2004)
9. Market power and contract form: evidence from physician group practices
   International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2011, 11, (2), 115-132 View citations (13)
10. The Effects of US Hospital Consolidations on Hospital Quality: A Comment
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2011, 18, (1), 127-131 View citations (2)
11. The impact of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program on patient choice
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2011, 29, (3), 342-344 View citations (10)

2008

12. Managed care and medical expenditures of Medicare beneficiaries
    Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (6), 1451-1461 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Managed Care and Medical Expenditures of Medicare Beneficiaries, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (16) (2008)

2007

13. Regionalization versus competition in complex cancer surgery
    Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2007, 2, (1), 51-71 View citations (12)

2004

14. Are All the Good Men Married? Uncovering the Sources of the Marital Wage Premium
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 317-321 View citations (112)
    See also Working Paper Are All The Good Men Married? Uncovering the Sources of the Marital Wage Premium, University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series (2003) (2003)
15. The Impact of Ownership Conversions on HMO Performance
    International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2004, 4, (4), 327-342 View citations (9)

2003

16. Bayesian Inference for Hospital Quality in a Selection Model
    Econometrica, 2003, 71, (4), 1215-1238 View citations (113)
    See also Working Paper Bayesian inference for hospital quality in a selection model, Working Paper Series (2002) View citations (1) (2002)
17. The Welfare Impact of Medicare HMOs
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2003, 34, (4), 719-36 View citations (51)
    See also Working Paper The Welfare Impact of Medicare HMOs, Mathematica Policy Research Reports View citations (45)

2001

18. Hospital competition in HMO networks
    Journal of Health Economics, 2001, 20, (5), 733-753 View citations (87)
19. The welfare impact of HMO mergers
    Journal of Health Economics, 2001, 20, (6), 967-990 View citations (6)

1999

20. Estimating the quality of care in hospitals using instrumental variables
    Journal of Health Economics, 1999, 18, (6), 747-767 View citations (100)

1997

21. Dynamic Equilibrium in the Hospital Industry
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 1997, 6, (1), 45-74 View citations (46)

1992

22. Merger Waves and the Structure of Merger and Acquisition Time-Series
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1992, 7, (S), S83-100 View citations (34)

Chapters

2011

1. Competition in Health Care Markets
   Elsevier View citations (126)
   See also Working Paper Competition in Health Care Markets, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK (2012) View citations (68) (2012)

Software Items

2022

1. GGT: Stata module to implement Geweke, Gowrisankaran, and Town Model Quality Estimator
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

Editor

1. International Journal of Health Economics and Management
   Springer