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:

Huan Ni, State University of New York - Stony Brook

Papers:

"Alcohol Consumption and Retirement Outcomes: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Survey"
Eric Sarpong, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Aging Housing Flows: The Importance of Housing Consumption"
Jonathan D. Fisher, Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)
Barbara B. Torrey, Population Reference Bureau
Timothy Smeeding, Syracuse University
David S. Johnson, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Joseph Marchand, Syracuse University

"Preferences and Concerns About Retirement Plans Among American Workers and Retirees"
Linda S. Ghent, Eastern Illinois University (Contact Author)
Robert L. Clark, North Carolina State University

"Testing the Life Cycle Model of Consumption Using Information on Households Without Children"
Ekaterina Stepanova, University of Washington (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Luis Garcia, Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru
Younghwan Song, Union College