Session Chairs:

Govind Hariharan, Kennesaw State University

Papers:

"Do Managed Care Physicians Exhibit Greater Price Sensitivity in Their Choice of Prescription Drugs?"
Jennifer L. Rice, Eastern Michigan University (Contact Author)

"Are We as a Nation Getting Our Money's Worth From Increased Spending on Health Care?"
James A. Thornton, Eastern Michigan University (Contact Author)

"A Full Cost of Disease Accounting Using the MEPS"
Brett Wendling, University of Texas - Austin (Contact Author)

"Measuring Health Stocks and Health Flows Using the Health and Retirement Study"
Huan Ni, State University of New York - Stony Brook (Contact Author)

"The Utilization of Healthcare Services: An Analysis of the Impact of Socioeconomic Status, Health Behaviors, and Race and Gender on Healthcare Expenditures Using PSID Data"
Ralph C. Allen, Valdosta State University (Contact Author)
Jack H. Stone, Spelman College

Discussants:

Monica Cain, Winston-Salem State University
Ralph C. Allen, Valdosta State University
Heng Wei, University of Maryland

Session Chairs:

Simona Bignami-Van Assche, University of Montreal

Papers:

"Cigarette Purchase Size, Self Control and addition"
Govind Hariharan, Kennesaw State University (Contact Author)

"How Do Working Hours Constraints Lead to the Lack of Physical Activity?"
Chung-Ping A. Loh, University of North Florida (Contact Author)

"Spend Down and the Probability of Entering a Nursing Home"
Jodi Messer Pelkowski, Wichita State University (Contact Author)
Brian E. Chezum, St. Lawrence University

"The Effect of Health Care Consumption on Worker Absence"
Christina H. Rennhoff, Saint Joseph's University (Contact Author)

"On the Relationship Between Male Sex Reputation, Attitude Towards Violence Against Women, and Female HIV Risk in Jamaica"
Godfrey A. Gibbison, Georgia Southern University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Huan Ni, State University of New York - Stony Brook
Steven T. Yen, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Session Chairs:

Steven T. Yen, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Papers:

"The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Intra-Household Time Allocation in Rural Malawi"
Jere Behrman, University of Pennsylvania
Simona Bignami-Van Assche, University of Montreal
Peter Fleming, University of Pennsylvania
Flora Nankhuni, University of Pennsylvania
Ari Van Assche, University of California - Davis (Contact Author)
Catherine Van De Ruit, University of Pennsylvania

"Bringing Faith Into the Picture: Socioeconomic and Religious Determinants of Youth Alcohol Consumption and Binge Drinking"
James J. Jozefowicz, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)
Vanessa A. Wayne, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Discussants:

Govind Hariharan, Kennesaw State University