Session Chairs:

Melissa McInerney, The College of William & Mary

Papers:

"Evidence on the Sensitivity of 'Value of a Statistical Life' Estimates to Fatality Risk Measures"
Carol Scotton, Knox College (Contact Author)

"Regional Differences in Value of Statistical Life"
Hua Zan, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)
Robert L. Scharff, The Ohio State University

"Kids at Risk: Children’s Employment in Hazardous Occupations in Brazil"
Deborah S. DeGraff, Bowdoin College (Contact Author)
Andrea Ferro, Federal University of Sao Carlos
Deborah Levison, University of Minnesota

"Do Employers Accommodate Injured Workers in Response to Higher Workers’ Compensation Costs?"
Erin Todd Bronchetti, Swarthmore College
Melissa McInerney, The College of William & Mary (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Deborah S. DeGraff, Bowdoin College
Carol Scotton, Knox College
Hua Zan, The Ohio State University
Janice Compton, University of Manitoba

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Session Chairs:

Yunwei Gai, Babson College

Papers:

"Medical Care Utilization and the Business Cycle"
Danny R. Hughes, American College of Radiology (Contact Author)

"Labor Market Conditions and Medicare Utilization and Spending"
Melissa McInerney, The College of William & Mary (Contact Author)
Jennifer Mellor, The College of William & Mary

"Allocation of Medical Technology Under Certificate of Need Laws and Its Impact on Market Power"
Aniruddha Bagchi, Kennesaw State University (Contact Author)
Timothy Mathews, Kennesaw State University
Govind Hariharan, Kennesaw State University

"Will Universal Health Insurance Enhance Entrepreneurship Activity?"
Yunwei Gai, Babson College (Contact Author)
Maria Minniti, Southern Methodist University

Discussants:

Melissa McInerney, The College of William & Mary
Aniruddha Bagchi, Kennesaw State University
Danny R. Hughes, American College of Radiology
Seth M. Freedman, University of Michigan

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