Author Page for Robert J. Town

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Regulating Innovation with Uncertain Quality: Information, Risk, and Access in Medical Devices

NBER Working Paper No. w20981

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 02 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 01 May 2022

Matthew Grennan, Matthew Grennan and Robert J. Town

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Inferring Hospital Quality from Patient Discharge Records Using a Bayesian Selection Model

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 09 Apr 2000

John Geweke, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town

University of Technology Sydney - Economics Discipline Group, Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Citation 2

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Competition in Health Care Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w17208

Number of pages: 159 Posted: 11 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2022

Martin Gaynor and Robert J. Town

Carnegie Mellon University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Citation 11

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Brief of Amici Curiae Economics Professors in Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health System (U.S. Supreme Court)

Health Management, Policy and Innovation, Vol. 1 (2012)

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Oct 2012

Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Bates White, LLC, Carnegie Mellon University, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Stanford Graduate School of BusinessStanford University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Management, Stanford University - Knight Management Center, Columbia University, Smith College, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Princeton University - Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, DePaul University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Health Care Policy, Northwestern University - Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Systems Department, University of Chicago, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Vanderbilt University - Strategy and Business Economics, Cornell University, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Illinois at Chicago

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Bayesian Inference for Hospital Quality in a Selection Model

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Bayesian Inference for Hospital Quality in a Selection Model

FRB of San Francisco Working Paper No. 2002-18

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 03 May 2005

John Geweke, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town

University of Technology Sydney - Economics Discipline Group, Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Bayesian Inference for Hospital Quality in a Selection Model

NBER Working Paper No. w8497

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 29 Sep 2001 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2022

John Geweke, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town

University of Technology Sydney - Economics Discipline Group, Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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The Industrial Organization of Health Care Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w19800

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 17 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2021

Martin Gaynor, Kate Ho, Kate Ho and Robert J. Town

Carnegie Mellon University, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Princeton University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Citation 24

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The Welfare Consequences of Hospital Mergers

NBER Working Paper No. w12244

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2021

Robert J. Town, Douglas R. Wholey, Roger Feldman and Lawton R. Burns

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Public Health, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Systems Department

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Did the HMO Revolution Cause Hospital Consolidation?

NBER Working Paper No. w11087

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Feb 2005 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2022

Robert J. Town, Douglas R. Wholey, Roger Feldman and Lawton R. Burns

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Public Health, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Systems Department

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Citation 1

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Mergers When Prices are Negotiated: Evidence from the Hospital Industry

NBER Working Paper No. w18875

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2022

Gautam Gowrisankaran, Aviv Nevo and Robert J. Town

Columbia University, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Citation 29

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Impacts of Unionization on Quality and Productivity: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Nursing Homes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8240

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 14 Jun 2014

Aaron Sojourner, Brigham R. Frandsen, Robert J. Town, David C. Grabowski and Min (Michelle) Chen

University of Minnesota, Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Harvard University - Department of Health Care Policy and Florida International University (FIU)

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Competition, Payer, and Hospital Quality

NBER Working Paper No. w9206

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Sep 2002 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022

Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town

Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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The Impact of Health Information Technology on Hospital Productivity

NBER Working Paper No. w18025

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 28 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2022

Jinhyung Lee, Jeffrey McCullough and Robert J. Town

affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Michigan and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Managed Care and Medical Expenditures of Medicare Beneficiaries

NBER Working Paper No. w13747

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2010

Michael Chernew, Philip DeCicca, Philip DeCicca and Robert J. Town

Harvard University - Department of Health Care Policy, McMaster University - Department of EconomicsBall State--Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Regression Discontinuity Designs with an Endogenous Forcing Variable and an Application to Contracting in Health Care

NBER Working Paper No. w17643

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 12 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2022

Patrick Bajari, Han Hong, Minjung Park and Robert J. Town

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics, Independent, Ewha Womans University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Managed Care, Drug Benefits and Mortality: An Analysis of the Elderly

NBER Working Paper No. w10204

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2021

Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town

Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Impacts of Unionization on Employment, Product Quality and Productivity: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Nursing Homes

NBER Working Paper No. w17733

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 21 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2021

Aaron Sojourner, Robert J. Town, David C. Grabowski and Min (Michelle) Chen

University of Minnesota, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Harvard University - Department of Health Care Policy and Florida International University (FIU)

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Countervailing Market Power and Hospital Competition

NBER Working Paper No. w27005

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2022

Eric Barrette, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town

Medtronic, Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Health Information Technology and Patient Outcomes: The Role of Organizational and Informational Complementarities

NBER Working Paper No. w18684

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2022

Jeffrey McCullough, Stephen L. Parente and Robert J. Town

University of Michigan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Externalities and Benefit Design in Health Insurance

NBER Working Paper No. w21783

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2022

Amanda Starc and Robert J. Town

Kellogg School of Management, Northweste and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Salience, Myopia, and Complex Dynamic Incentives: Evidence from Medicare Part D

NBER Working Paper No. w21104

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 20 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2022

Christina Dalton, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town

Wake Forest University, Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Optimal Managed Competition Subsidies

NBER Working Paper No. w25616

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 08 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2022

Keaton Miller, Amil Petrin, Robert J. Town and Michael Chernew

University of Oregon, University of Minnesota - Duluth, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Harvard University - Department of Health Care Policy

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Can Amputation Save the Hospital? The Impact of the Medicare Rural Flexibility Program on Demand and Welfare

NBER Working Paper No. w18894

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2022

Gautam Gowrisankaran, Claudio Lucarelli, Philipp Schmidt-Dengler and Robert J. Town

Columbia University, Cornell University, University of Mannheim and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Industry Shock Expectations, Interindustry Linkages, and Merger Waves: Evidence from the Hospital Industry

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 23, Issue 3, pp. 548-567, 2014

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Jul 2014

Minjung Park and Robert J. Town

Ewha Womans University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Modeling Employee Choice of Health Plan

iHEA 2007 6th World Congress: Explorations in Health Economics Paper

Posted: 25 Jun 2007

Caroline Carlin and Robert J. Town

University of Minnesota - Department of Applied Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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The Welfare Impact of Medicare Hmos

Posted: 13 Jan 2004

Robert J. Town and Su Liu

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

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