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Network externalities and technology adoption: lessons from electronic payments

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G Gowrisankaran… - 2002 - nber.org
We seek to analyze the extent and sources of network externalities for the automated
clearinghouse (ACH) electronic payments system using a quarterly panel data set on
individual bank adoption and usage of ACH. We provide three methods to identify network ...
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A dynamic model of endogenous horizontal mergers

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G Gowrisankaran - The RAND Journal of Economics, 1999 - JSTOR
I develop a dynamic model of mergers, where mergers, investment, entry, and exit are
endogenous variables rationally chosen by firms to maximize expected future profits. This
model differs from previous analyses in that it incorporates dynamics and endogenizes the ...
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Dynamics of consumer demand for new durable goods

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G Gowrisankaran… - 2009 - nber.org
This paper specifies and estimates a dynamic model of consumer preferences for new
durable goods with persistent heterogeneous consumer tastes, rational expectations about
future products and repeat purchases over time. Most new consumer durable goods, ...
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Competition, Payers, and Hospital Quality1

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G Gowrisankaran… - Health Services Research, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Study Design. Outcome variables are the risk-adjusted hospital mortality rates for pneumonia
(estimated by the authors) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) (reported by the state of
California). Measures of competition are constructed for each hospital and payer type. ...
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Bayesian inference for hospital quality in a selection model

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J Geweke, G Gowrisankaran… - 2001 - nber.org
This paper develops new econometric methods to infer hospital quality in a model with
discrete dependent variables and non-random selection. Mortality rates in patient discharge
records are widely used to infer hospital quality. However, hospital admission is not ...
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Quantifying equilibrium network externalities in the ACH banking industry

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DA Ackerberg… - 2006 - nber.org
We seek to determine the causes and magnitudes of network externalities for the automated
clearinghouse (ACH) electronic payments system. We construct an equilibrium model of
customer and bank adoption of ACH. We structurally estimate the parameters of the model ...
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Estimating the quality of care in hospitals using instrumental variables

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G Gowrisankaran… - Journal of Health Economics, 1999 - Elsevier
Mortality rates are a widely used measure of hospital quality. A central problem with this
measure is selection bias: simply put, severely ill patients may choose high quality hospitals.
We control for severity of illness with an instrumental variables (IV) framework using ...
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Dynamic equilibrium in the hospital industry

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G Gowrisankaran… - Journal of Economics & …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
We present a dynamic model of the hospital industry in which nonprofit and for-profit
hospitals coexist and compete and are differentiated by their objective functions, investment
technologies, and taxation rates. In our model, patients differ by income and type of ...
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Learning and the value of information: Evidence from health plan report cards

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M Chernew, G Gowrisankaran… - Journal of Econometrics, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper develops a framework to analyze the value of information in the context of health
plan choice. We use a Bayesian learning model to estimate the impact and value of
information using data from a large employer, which started distributing health plan ratings ...
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Mergers and the evolution of industry concentration: results from the dominant-firm model

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G Gowrisankaran… - RAND Journal of Economics, 2004 - JSTOR
To what extent will an industry in which mergers are feasible tend toward monopoly? We
analyze this question using a dynamic dominant-firm model with rational agents,
endogenous mergers, and constant returns to scale production. We find that long-run ...
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Payer type and the returns to bypass surgery: evidence from hospital entry behavior

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M Chernew, G Gowrisankaran… - Journal of Health …, 2002 - Elsevier
In this paper, we estimate the returns associated with the provision of coronary artery bypass
graft (CABG) surgery, by payer type (Medicare, HMO, etc.). Because reliable measures of
prices and treatment costs are often unobserved, we seek to infer returns from hospital ...
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The welfare consequences of ATM surcharges: evidence from a structural entry model

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G Gowrisankaran… - 2006 - nber.org
We estimate a structural model of the market for automatic teller machines (ATMs) in order to
evaluate the implications of regulating ATM surcharges on ATM entry and consumer and
producer surplus. We estimate the model using data on firm and consumer locations, and ...
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Quality and employers' choice of health plans

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M Chernew, G Gowrisankaran, C McLaughlin… - Journal of Health …, 2004 - Elsevier
We seek to understand the relationship between employer decisions regarding which health
plans firms choose to offer to their employees and the performance of those plans. We
measure performance using data from the Health Plan Employer Data Information Set ( ...
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Why do incumbent senators win? Evidence from a dynamic selection model

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G Gowrisankaran, MF Mitchell… - 2004 - nber.org
Since 1914, incumbent US senators running for reelection have won almost 80% of the time.
We investigate why incumbents win so often. We allow for three potential explanations for
the incumbency advantage: selection, tenure, and challenger quality, which are ...
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Efficient representation of state spaces for some dynamic models

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G Gowrisankaran - Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 1999 - Elsevier
Many important economic problems require computation over state spaces that are not
hypercubes. Examples include industry models of multi-product differentiated product firms,
Bayesian learning problems with noisy signals and real business cycle models with ...
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[CITATION] A dynamic analysis of mergers

G Gowrisankaran - 1996
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Learning and the value of information: the case of health plan report cards

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M Chernew, G Gowrisankaran… - FRB of San Francisco …, 2002 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We estimate a Bayesian learning model in order to assess the value of health plan
performance information and the extent to which the explicit provision of information about
product quality alters consumer behavior. We take advantage of a natural experiment in ...
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Do mergers lead to monopoly in the long run? Results from the dominant firm model

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G Gowrisankaran… - 2002 - nber.org
Will an industry with no antitrust policy converge to monopoly, competition, or somewhere in
between? We analyze this question using a dynamic dominant firm model with rational
agents, endogenous mergers, and constant returns to scale production. We find that ...
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[PDF] Government policy and the dynamics of market structure: Evidence from Critical Access Hospitals

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G Gowrisankaran, C Lucarelli, P Schmidt-Dengler… - 2008 - eief.it
Abstract This paper seeks to understand the impact of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility
(Flex) Program. The goal of this program is to maintain access to hospital care for rural
residents. Like many other government policies, the Flex program targets the underlying ...
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Electoral design and voter welfare from the US Senate: Evidence from a dynamic selection model

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G Gowrisankaran, MF Mitchell… - Review of Economic Dynamics, 2008 - Elsevier
Since 1914, the US Senate has been elected and incumbent senators allowed to run for
reelection without limit. This differs from several other elected offices in the US, which
impose term limits on incumbents. Term limits may harm the electorate if tenure is ...
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[PDF] Causality, learning and forgetting in surgery

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G Gowrisankaran, V Ho… - Federal Trade Commission, draft, 2006 - ftc.gov
Abstract In this paper we distinguish between two causal explanations for the volume-
outcome relationship, learning-by-doing and selective referral. We use data on three
surgical procedures for which a volume-outcome relationship has been documented, the ...
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Learning and the value of information: evidence from health plan report cards

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M Chernew, G Gowrisankaran… - 2001 - nber.org
We estimate a Bayesian learning model in order to assess the value of health plan
performance information and the extent to which the explicit provision of information about
product quality alters consumer behavior. We take advantage of a natural experiment in ...
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[CITATION] Town. 1997.“Dynamic Equilibrium in the Hospital Industry,”

G Gowrisankaran… - Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
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[CITATION] E.,” Imperfect Information In The Product Market,” Handbook Of Industrial Organization

J Stiglitz, R Schmalensee, R Willig, FJ Ledesma… - 1989 - en.scientificcommons.org
... Electronic Mediation, Transformation, and Business Value: Three Essays in the Retail Auto
Industry (2006): Kuruzovich, Jason Nicholas. Learning and the value of information: the case
of health plan report cards: Michael Chernew,; Gautam Gowrisankaran,; Dennis P. Scanlon. ...
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[CITATION] Town. 2006.“Causality, Learning and Forgetting in Surgery.”

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[PDF] Issues and prospects for payments systems deregulation

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G Gowrisankaran - 2003 - Citeseer
Abstract The check clearing and electronic payments systems market are regulated and
dominated to various degrees by the Federal Reserve System. This article examines the
theoretical and empirical implications of a potential deregulation of this market within the ...
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[PDF] Determinants of Price Declines for New Durable Consumer Goods

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G Gowrisankaran, M Rysman - … , Washington Univ. and …, 2005 - economics.missouri.edu
Abstract Many durable consumer goods are characterized by relatively high initial prices
followed by rapid declines in prices during the first few years. One possible explanation for
this phenomenon is dynamic price discrimination, wherein firms price high early in order ...
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Measuring network effects in a dynamic environment

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G Gowrisankaran, HEC Montréal, M Park… - 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: This paper proposes methods for identifying indirect network effects with
dynamically optimizing consumers purchasing a durable hardware good and associated
software. We apply this model to a data drawn from the DVD player and titles markets. We ...
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Does Competition Kill? Hospital Quality and Competition

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G Gowrisankaran… - 2000 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We seek to estimate the effects of competition for both Medicare and HMO patients
on the quality decisions of hospitals in Southern California. We find that increases in the
degree of competition for HMO patients decrease risk-adjusted hospital mortality rates. ...
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Quality and Employers' Choice of Health Plan

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M Chernew, G Gowrisankaran, C McLaughlin… - 2003 - nber.org
We seek to understand the relationship between employer decisions regarding which health
plans firms choose to offer to their employees and the performance of those plans. We
measure performance using data from the Health Plan Employer Data Information Set ( ...
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[CITATION] Town. 2006.“

G Gowrisankaran, V Ho… - Causality, Learning and Forgetting in Surgery.” …
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Estimating the Impact of a Hospital Merger Using the Difference‐in‐Differences of Prices

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G Gowrisankaran - International Journal of the Economics of …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract This paper comments on “The Price Effects of Hospital Mergers: A Case Study of
Sutter–Summit Transaction” by Steven Tenn. I exposit a simple model of differentiated
products competition and consider the implications of Tenn's findings in the context of this ...
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[CITATION] Forthcoming.“Why Do Incumbent Senators Win? Evidence from a Dynamic Selection Model.”

G Gowrisankaran, MF Mitchell… - Review of Economic Dynamics
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[CITATION] Town (2001)“Bayesian Inference for Hospital Quality in a Selection Model”

J Geweke, G Gowrisankaran… - NBER Working Paper
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[CITATION] Dynamics of Consumer Demand for New Durable Consumer Goods

G Gowrisankaran… - 2005 - Working paper, Boston University
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[PDF] The Effects of Incumbency Advantage in the US Senate on the Choice of Electoral Design: Evidence from a Dynamic Selection Model

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G Gowrisankaran, MF Mitchell… - 2006 - presidentforecast.andreamoro.net
Abstract Since 1914, incumbent US senators running for reelection have won almost 80% of
the time. We investigate why incumbents win so often, and how changes in electoral design
would affect the value of senatorial seat. We allow for three potential explanations for the ...
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Inferring Hospital Quality from Patient Discharge Records Using a Bayesian Selection Model

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J Geweke, G Gowrisankaran… - 2000 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: This paper develops new econometric methods to estimate hospital quality and
other models with discrete dependent variables and non-random selection. Mortality rates in
patient discharge records are widely used to infer hospital quality. However, hospital ...
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[CITATION] The Welfare Consequences of ATM Surcharges: Evidence from a Structural Model

G Gowrisankaran… - 2003 - Working Paper, Washington …
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Quantifying equilibrium network externalities in the ACH banking industry

G Gowrisankaran… - Working Papers, 2003 - ideas.repec.org
We seek to estimate the causes and magnitudes of network externalities for the automated
clearinghouse (ACH) electronic payments system, using a panel data set on individual bank
usage of ACH. We construct an equilibrium model of consumer and bank adoption of ACH ...
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Entry and pricing in a differentiated products industry: evidence from the ATM market

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G Gowrisankaran… - The RAND Journal of Economics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We estimate a structural equilibrium model of the automatic teller machine market (ATM) to
evaluate the implications of regulating ATM surcharges. We use data on bank
characteristics, potential and actual ATM locations, and consumer locations; identify the ...
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Productivity in heart attack treatments

G Gowrisankaran - Economic Letter, 2002 - en.scientificcommons.org
Abstract Number July FRBSF ECONOMIC LETTER the past years For example many drug
therapies including clot busting agents have been developed over this time Angioplasty was
developed the mid and further modified the include the use stents keep arteries open ...
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[CITATION] qDynamics of Consumer Demand for New Durable Goods, rWashington University in St

G Gowrisankaran… - 2007 - Louis, working paper
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[PDF] Grads, Dads, and Christmas: Seasonal Variation in Average Price and Elasticity of Demand

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G Gowrisankaran, M Rysman… - 2009 - sws.bu.edu
Abstract For many products the average price paid by consumers during peak demand
periods is lower than traditional economic theory would predict. We use digital camcorder
sales data to investigate supply-side and demand-side behavior to analyze the low ...
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Why do Americans still write checks?

G Gowrisankaran - FRBSF Economic Letter, 2002 - en.scientificcommons.org
Abstract Number September FRBSF ECONOMIC LETTER network externalities play role the
adoption ACH The evolution ACH The Federal Reserve has been involved ACH technology
since the early and currently has about over the market share ACH transactions other ...
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[CITATION] „Antitrust Policy Implications of a Dynamic Merger Model “

G Gowrisankaran - Working Paper, Dept. of Economics, 1995
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[PDF] The Association of an Insurance-Based Wellness Incentive with Hospitalizations and Medical Care Use

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G Gowrisankaran, K Norberg, S Kymes, M Chernew… - 2010 - web-03.econ.duke.edu
Abstract: Background: Reacting to high healthcare costs from illnesses such as
cardiovascular disease, some employers now require participation in wellness programs as
a condition for favorable health insurance premiums or plan access. Starting in 2005, a ...
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[CITATION] QUANTIFYING EQUILIBRIUM NETWORK EXTERNALITIES IN THE ACH BANKING INDUSTRY Daniel A. Ackerberg

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[CITATION] Are there network externalities in electronic payments?

G Gowrisankaran… - Proceedings, 1999 - ideas.repec.org
Are there network externalities in electronic payments? ... No abstract is available for this
item. ... To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is
available, there are three options: 1. Check below under "Related research" whether ...
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applied micro seminar series, 2008-2009

L Benkard, D Neumark, E Helland, T Derdenger… - www-bcf.usc.edu
12 september (Friday) Lanier Benkard* (Stanford GSB) Oblivious Equilibrium and Extensions
(three papers with links below) Markov Perfect Industry Dynamics with Many Firms (with Weintraub
and van Roy) Extensions to Oblivious Equlibrium Computational Methods for Oblivious ...
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[PDF] Managed Care, Drug Benefits and Mortality: An Analysis of the Elderly

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G Gowrisankaran, R Town… - The BE Journal of Economic …, 2011 - u.arizona.edu
In the United States, the 1990s saw a dramatic rise of a relatively new organizational
mechanism for financing and organizing health care: managed care. By the end of the
decade the vast majority of individuals with private health insurance were enrolled in ...
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Inferring Hospital Quality from Patient Discharge Records Using a Bayesian Selection Model

G Gowrisankaran… - Econometric Society World Congress …, 2000 - ideas.repec.org
This paper develops new econometric methods to estimate hospital quality and other
models with discrete dependent variables and non-random selection. Mortality rates in
patient discharge records are widely used to infer hospital quality. However, hospital ...
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[CITATION] Quantifying Equilibrium Network Externalities

DA Ackerberg… - University of Arizona, 2003 - Citeseer
... Cached. Download as a PDF. Download Links. [www.u.arizona.edu]. Save to List; Add
to Collection; Correct Errors; Monitor Changes. by Daniel A. Ackerberg , Gautam
Gowrisankaran. Venue: University of Arizona. Citations: 10 - 0 self. ...
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[CITATION] 2002 FRBSF Economic Letters

FE Letter, G Gowrisankaran, P Bergin… - Economic … - Federal Reserve Bank of San …
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2002 FRBSF Economic Letters

G Gowrisankaran, P Bergin, M Daly, F Furlong… - Economic - Citeseer
84 FRBSF Economic Review 2003 02-01 Competition and Regulation in the Airline Industry/
Gautam Gowrisankaran 02-02 What Is Operational Risk?/Jose A. Lopez 02-03 Is There a Role
for International Policy Coordination?/ Paul Bergin 02-04 Profile of a Recession—The US ...
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The impact of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program on patient choice

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G Gowrisankaran, C Lucarelli… - International journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper seeks to understand the impact of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex)
Program on rural resident hospital choice. The program created a new class of hospital, the
Critical Access Hospital (CAH), which receives more generous reimbursement in return for ...
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[PDF] Oleksandr Shcherbakov

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G Gowrisankaran, D Ackerberg, D Reiley… - Institute for Economic …, 2000 - 128.36.236.74
Research Experience 2008 - present Postdoctoral Associate, Cowles Foundation for Research
in Economics, Yale University. 2003 - 2008 Research Assistant, University of Arizona: Gautam
Gowrisankaran (Spring 2007 - Summer 2008); Daniel Ackerberg (Summer 2006); David ...
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Bank ATMs and ATM surcharges

G Gowrisankaran… - FRBSF Economic Letter, 2005 - ideas.repec.org
The proliferation of ATMs and the pricing schemes that accompany them have attracted a
great deal of attention from research economists, because they shed light on how banks
compete against each other in the current environment. By studying the pattern of entry of ...
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