Session Chairs:

Jason M Hockenberry, Emory University and NBER

Papers:

"Tort Reform, Medical Expenditures, and Patient Outcomes"
Ehren Schuttringer, Michigan State University (Contact Author)

"The Welfare Effects of Free Entry: Evidence from the Pennsylvania Cardiac Care Market"
Suhui Li, George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Medical Malpractice Lawsuits as Bad Signals: Does the Fear of Being Sued Encourage Better Quality of Care?"
Yi Lu, Barry University (Contact Author)

"Physician Treatment Incentives: Competition, Moral Hazard, and the Role of Managed Care in Treatment Choice"
Kevin Pflum, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"Inattention in the Operating Room? The Effect of Temporal Distance on Physician Performance and Efficiency: Evidence from Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting"
Jason M Hockenberry, Emory University and NBER (Contact Author)
Lorens Helmchen, George Mason University

Discussants:

Kevin Pflum, The University of Alabama
Ehren Schuttringer, Michigan State University
Suhui Li, George Washington University
Yi Lu, Barry University
Lorenzo Almada, Georgia State University

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Session Chairs:

Niels-Hugo Blunch, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"The Impact of Welfare Reform on Rates of Abortion"
Rand Ressler, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Contact Author)
Melissa Waters, Southern University
R. Carter Hill, Louisiana State University

"Household Composition, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and Adult Obesity"
Lorenzo Almada, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Does WIC Improve Birth Outcomes? New Evidence from Sibling Births"
Ji Yan, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ji Yan, Appalachian State University
Lara Gardner, Southeastern Louisiana University
Rand Ressler, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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