Objective: To examine the impact of the Medicare drug benefit (Part D) on the distribution of out-of-pocket pharmacy spending among older…
The Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, enacted in 2003,
substantially reduced payment rates for…
Building on an idea in Abadie and Gardeazabal (2003), this article investigates the application of synthetic control methods to comparative…
Background: Little is known about how Medicare Part D affects the medication refill adherence for cardiovascular and diabetes medications,…
We examine the effects of exposure to malaria in early childhood
on educational attainment and economic status in adulthood by
exploiting…
Governments have responded to misleading advertising by banning it, engaging in counter-advertising and taxing and regulating the product.…
Book abstract: Economists examine the genesis of technological change and the ways we commercialize and diffuse it. The economics of…
In the Medicare program, increases in cost sharing by a supplemental insurer
can exert financial externalities. We study a policy change…