Research

Research Interest:

Health Economics and health policy, Medicare and Medicaid Policies, Aging

Publications:

"Wealth and the Utilization of Long-Term Care Services: Evidence from the United States" (joint with Jing Dong, Tamara Konetzka, John Nyman), International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Forthcoming.

“Do Financial Incentives Matter? Effects of Medicare Price Shocks on Skilled Nursing Facility Care” (joint with Jennifer Mellor and Peter McHenry). Forthcoming in Health Economics.

“The Effects of Medicare Payment Changes on Nursing Home Staffing” (joint with Jennifer Mellor and Peter McHenry). Forthcoming in American Journal of Health Economics.

“Moral Hazard and Long-term Care Insurance” (joint with R. Tamara Konetzka, Jing Dong, and John Nyman). Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice 2019, Vol 44(2):231–251.

“Consumer Response to Composite Ratings of Nursing Home Quality” (joint with Marcelo Coca Perraillon, R. Tamara Konetzka, and Rachel Werner). Forthcoming, American Journal of Health Economics.

“The Role of Medical Expenditure Risk in Portfolio Allocation Decisions” (joint with Padmaja Ayyagari). November 2017, Health Economics, Vol 26(11): 1447-1458

"Medicare Part D and Portfolio Choice" (joint with Padmaja Ayyagari). May 2016. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Vol 106(5): 339-342.

"Medicare Payment and Hospital Provision of Outpatient Care to the Uninsured"(joint with Jennifer Mellor). August 2016, Health Services Research. Vol 51(4):1388-406.

“Does formal employment reduce informal caregiving?” (joint with Peter McHenry). July 2016. Health Economics, Vol 25(7): 829-843.

"Physician resonses to rising local unemployment rate: Healthcare provision to Medicare and privately insured patients"(joint with Melissa McInerney and Jennifer Mellor). Journal of Health Economics 2015,Vol 40: 97-108.

"Public Reporting and Demand Rationing: Evidence from the Nursing Home Industry" (joint with Tamara Konetzka). Health Economics, 2015 Vol 24(11): 1437-1451.

"Do Changes in hospital outpatient payments affect the setting of care?" (joint with Jennifer Mellor). Health Services Research 2013, Vol 48 (5): 1593–1616.

"Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Surgical Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Role of Hospital and Physician Effects" (joint with Jennifer Mellor, Eytan Jankowitz). Medical Care Research & Review 2013, Vol 70 (3): 287-309.

"Hospital Volume Responses to Medicare’s Outpatient Prospective Payment System: Evidence from Florida" (joint with Jennifer Mellor), Journal of Health Economics, 2012, Vol 31(5): 730-743.

"Is there dynamic adverse selection in the life insurance market?" Economics Letters 2011, Vol 112: 113-115

"The Life Insurance Market: Asymmetric Information Revisited," Journal of Public Economics 2009, Vol 93: 1090-1097. (Earlier versions distributed under the title "The Life Insurance Market: Adverse Selection Revisited.")

"Tax Incentives and the Decision to Purchase Long-term Care Insurance" (joint with Charles Courtemanche), Journal of Public Economics 2009, Vol 93: 296-310. (one line appendices)

"Why do Firms make and Buy? Efficiency, Appropriability, and Competition in the Trucking Industry" (joint with Jackson Nickerson), Strategic Organization 2006, Vol 4 (1): 43-69.

Work in Progress:

“Means-tested Social Insurance and Strategic Asset Spend-down: Evidence from Medicaid Asset Look-back Policies” (joint with Padmaja Ayyagari). Under Review

"Social Security Benefits, Life Expectancy, and Early Retirement" (joint with Maria Casanova, Qi li, and Juan Pantano). Work in progress.