Health care program meets in Cambridge.

PositionProgram and Working Group Meetings

The NBER's Program on Health Care met in Cambridge on March 12, 2010. Program Director Jonathan Gruber of MIT organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* Eric Helland, McKenna College; Darius N. Lakdawalla, University of Southern California and NBER; Anup Malani, University of Chicago and NBER; and Seth A. Seabury, Rand Corporation, "Tort Liability and the Market for Prescription Drugs"

* Cory Capps, Bates White LLC.; Dennis W. Carlton, University of Chicago and NBER; and Guy David, University of Pennsylvania, "Antitrust Treatment of Nonprofits: Should Hospitals Receive Special Care?"

* Jacob Glazer, Tel Aviv/Boston University, and Thomas G. McGuire, Harvard University, "Gold and Silver Health Plans: Accommodating Demand Heterogeneity in Managed Competition"

* Louise Sheiner, Federal Reserve Board, "Geographic Variation in Health Spending: Is Medicare a Good Proxy?"

* Anirban...

To continue reading

Request your trial

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT