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:

Yongwon Cho, Washington State University

Papers:

"Effects of Cigarette Tax on Child Food Insecurity"
Winnie Fung, Wheaton College (Contact Author)
Omar Robles, Bureau of Labor Statistics

"The Effect of Public Transportation Accessibility on Food Insecurity"
Deokrye Baek, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

"The Effects of Drinking and Sports on Popularity of Overweight Adolescents: Implications for Public Policy"
Mir M. Ali, Food and Drug Administration (Contact Author)
Aliaksandr Amialchuk, The University of Toledo
Iryna Pentina, University of Toledo

"The Implications of Business Cycles and Parental Indebtedness for Adolescent Obesity"
Sharri C. Byron, Auburn University Montgomery (Contact Author)
Angela Fertig, The University of Georgia

"The Effect of School Food Programs on Childhood Obesity"
Yongwon Cho, Washington State University (Contact Author)
Bidisha Mandal, Washington State University

Discussants:

Winnie Fung, Wheaton College
Jason M Hockenberry, Emory University and NBER
Jonathan Rothbaum, George Washington University
Nicole Nestoriak, Bureau of Labor Statistics

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