Estimating price sensitivity of economic agents using discontinuity in nonlinear contracts

Patrick Bajari, Han Hong, Minjung Park () and Robert Town

Quantitative Economics, 2017, vol. 8, issue 2, 397-433

Abstract: This paper proposes a method to estimate price sensitivity of economic agents exploiting discontinuity in nonlinear contracts. As an application, we study contracts between a managed care organization and hospitals for organ transplants. Exploiting donut holes in the reimbursement contracts, we show that the impact of the reimbursement rate on hospitals' provision of health care services varies significantly across patients with different levels of illness severity. Our methodology is applicable to important classes of models such as consumer choice under nonlinear pricing and contracting with nonlinear incentives.

Date: 2017
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