Research
I am an associate professor of economics at Emory University and a research associate with the NBER. My research examines the effects of institutions, policies, and market structure on health care pricing and delivery. The majority of my ongoing work studies the relationship between hospitals and physicians and how this relationship may influence hospital production, pricing, and physician behaviors. My research also examines several aspects related to the Medicare Advantage market. In addition to issues of competitiveness, pricing, and network formation, my research on Medicare Advantage often relates to literature on the economics of information, where my coauthors and I examine how consumers and firms respond to changes in available plan information (i.e., quality disclosure).
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Ongoing Projects
How Efficient is the Market for Physician Referrals? with Seth Richards-Shubik
Owning the Agent: Hospital Influence on Physician Behaviors with Haizhen Lin and Michael Richards
Online Reviews and Hospital Choices with Kaylyn Sanbower and Leonardo Sánchez Aragón
Decision Assistance and Insurer Steering in Health Insurance with Evan Saltzman
Selected publications
“Price spillovers and specialization in health care: The case of children’s hospitals” with Mehul V. Raval, Health Economics, 2023
“Who pays in pay-for-performance? Evidence from hospital prices and financial penalties” with Eric Barrette and Michael Darden, American Journal of Health Economics, 2023
“Multimarket contact in health insurance: Evidence from Medicare Advantage” with Haizhen Lin, Journal of Industrial Economics, 2023
“Hospital Pricing Following Integration with Physician Practices” with Haizhen Lin and Michael Richards, Journal of Health Economics, 2021
“Deterrence effects of antifraud and abuse enforcement in health care” with David Howard, Journal of Health Economics, 2021
“Capacity Constraints and Time Allocation in Public Health Clinics” with Matthew Harris and Yinan Liu, Health Economics, 2020.
“Quality Disclosure and the Timing of Insurers' Adjustments: Evidence from Medicare Advantage," Journal of Health Economics, 2018.
“Vertical Alignment Between Hospitals and Physicians as a Bargaining Response to Commercial Insurance Markets” with Sean Huang, Review of Industrial Organization, 2018.
“It’s a Cruel Summer: Household Responses to Reductions in Government Nutrition Assistance” with Lorenzo Almada, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017.
“Supply-side Responses to Public Quality Ratings: Evidence from Medicare Advantage” with Michael Darden, American Journal of Health Economics, 2017.
“Eliminating Composite Bias in Treatment Effects Estimates: Applications to Quality of Life Assessments," Journal of Health Economics, 2016.
“What Can We Learn about the Effects of Food Stamps on Obesity in the Presence of Misreporting” with Lorenzo Almada and Rusty Tchernis, American Journal of Agricultrual Economics, 2016.
“Advertising Intensity and Welfare in an Equilibrium Search Model," Economics Letters, 2016.
“The Star Treatment: Estimating the Impact of Star Ratings on Medicare Advantage Enrollments” with Michael Darden, Journal of Human Resources, 2015.
“Putting the Patient in Patient Reported Outcomes: A Robust Methodology for Health Outcomes Assessment," Health Economics, 2015.
“Bounding Treatment Effects: Stata Command for the Partial Identification of the Average Treatment Effect with Endogenous and Misreported Treatment Assignment” with Daniel Millimet and Manan Roy, The Stata Journal, 2015.
“Cost Savings from Palliative Care Teams and Guidance for a Financially Viable Palliative Care Program” with Chessie Robinson, Sakib Huq, Martha Philastre, and Robert Fine, Health Services Research, 2014.
“The bmte Command: Methods for the Estimation of Treatment Effects when Exclusion Restrictions are Unavailable” with Daniel Millimet and Rusty Tchernis, The Stata Journal, 2014.