Session Chairs:

Rachel Wilson, Middle Tennessee State University

Papers:

"Do Decreasing Prices in the Pharmaceutical Industry Provide Evidence of Price Convergence in the European Union?"
Aysegul Timur, Hodges University (Contact Author)
Gabriel Picone, University of South Florida
Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Texas at Arlington

"Financial Performance and Patient Safety in Hospitals"
Nakcheon Choi, Boston University (Contact Author)

"Who Pays for Drug Quality?"
Jie Chen, College of Staten Island/City University of New York (Contact Author)
John A. Rizzo, Stony Brook University

"Health Care Cost in the Age of Google: An Empirical Analysis of the Internet's Impact on Health Care Costs"
Rachel Wilson, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Nayoung Lee, University of Southern California
Don P. Clark, The University of Tennessee
Jie Chen, College of Staten Island/City University of New York
Aysegul Timur, Hodges University

Session Chairs:

David N. van der Goes, Lehigh University

Papers:

"Social Capital and Health of Elderly People with the Advent of the Baby-Boom Generation’s Aging"
Bosu Seo, University of Manitoba (Contact Author)
Ben Senauer, University of Minnesota

"Health and Economic Growth – A Theoretical and Longitudinal Study on the Developed and Less Developed Economies"
I-Ming Chiu, Rutgers University-Camden (Contact Author)

"The Color of Gray: Aging Population and Its Effect on Economic Growth in China, 1978-2020"
Michiko Y Hayhurst, Texas Woman's University (Contact Author)
Mark O. Tengesdal, Texas Woman's University

Discussants:

Xiaoshu Han, Mount Union College
Lewis S. Davis, Union College
Phuong V. Ngo, Boston University
Jie Chen, College of Staten Island/City University of New York