Insurance.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings

The NBER's Insurance Working Group, directed by Liran Einav of Stanford University and Kenneth Froot of Harvard University, met in Palo Alto on February 19 and 20. Part of the meeting was held jointly with the Industrial Organization Program. In addition to the papers marked with an (*) in the Industrial Organization summary, these papers were discussed:

* Tatyana Deryugina and Barrett Kirwan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Does the Samaritan's Dilemma Matter? Evidence from U.S. Agriculture"

* Zarek Brot-Goldberg, University of California, Berkeley; Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER; Benjamin Handel, University of California, Berkeley, and NBER; and Jonathan Kolstad, University of Pennsylvania and NBER, "Consumer Heterogeneity and Medical Care Price Responsiveness: Evidence and Implications for Optimal Insurance Design"

* Daniel Bauer and George Zanjani, Georgia State University, "The Marginal Cost of Risk and Capital Allocation in a Multi-Period Model"

* Amanda Kowalski, Yale University and NBER, "What Do Longitudinal Data on Millions of Hospital Visits Tell Us about the Value of Public Health Insurance as a Safety Net for the Young and Privately...