Identifying Sources of Inefficiency in Healthcare
In medicine, the reasons for variation in treatment rates across hospitals serving similar patients are not well understood.
Research
Covid Economics: Policy Implications of Models of the Spread of Coronavirus: Perspectives and Opportunities for Economists
We test the theory that seller reputation moderates the effect of demand shocks on a seller's propensity to price gouge.
Using Social and Behavioural Science to Support COVID-19 Pandemic Response
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis.
Demographic Determinants of Testing Incidence and COVID-19 Infections in New York City Neighborhoods
New York City is the hot spot of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
A Detailed Plan for Getting Americans Back to Work
Given the different impact that the pandemic is having on individual communities across the country, the notion that all workers should be allowed to return to work on one date is unrealistic.
Coronavirus as a Strategic Challenge: Has Washington Misdiagnosed the Problem?
In strategy, diagnosis precedes prescription. While accurate diagnosis does not always lead to a wise choice of treatments, misdiagnosis reliably predicts failed responses.
How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic
Like the fall of the Berlin Wall or the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the coronavirus pandemic is a world-shattering event whose far-ranging consequences we can only begin to imagine today.
Rebates in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Evidence from Medicines Sold in Retail Pharmacies in the U.S.
Rising list prices are often used to illustrate the burden of prescription drug spending, but payers routinely negotiate rebates from manufacturers that generate differences between list and net price
Data Gaps and the Policy Response to the Novel Coronavirus
This note lays out the basic Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) epidemiological model of contagion, with a target audience of economists who want a framework for understanding the effects of social
The Trump Administration Has Made the Us Less Ready for Infectious Disease Outbreaks Like Coronavirus
As coronavirus continues to spread, the Trump administration has declared a public health emergency and imposed quarantines and travel restrictions.
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