Research Areas
Health economics; Industrial organization; Non-profit organizations; Applied microeconomics
Current Projects
The dynamics of mixed-ownership competition in healthcare markets; Evaluation of policies towards nonprofit providers; Regulation in the home health care industry; The economics of Emergency Medical Services; The industrial organization of the addiction treatment system; Specialization in hospital medicine; Welfare effects of specialty hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers; Direct-to-consumer advertising and drug safety.
Representative Publications
“The Convergence between Nonprofit and For-Profit Hospitals in the United States.” International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics (2009).
(with A. Chiang)
”The Determinants of Public versus Private Provision of Emergency Medical Services.” International Journal of Industrial Organization (2009).
(with S.E. Harrington)
”Population Density and Racial Differences in the Performance of Emergency Medical Services.”
(with T. Brachet)
”Retention, Learning-by-Doing and Performance in Emergency Medical Services.” Health Services Research (2009).
(with S. Markowitz and S. Richards)
“The Effects of Pharmaceutical Marketing and Promotion on Adverse Drug Events and Regulation.”
(with A. Malani)
“Forget Quality: Do Non-Profit even Signal their Status?” Journal of Legal Studies (2008).
(with L. A. Helmchen and R.A. Henderson)
“Does Advanced Medical Technology Encourage Hospitalist Use and Their Direct Employment by Hospitals?” Health Economics (2008).
(with L. A. Helmchen)
”The Choice of Employment Arrangement in the Market for Hospitalist Services.” Southern Economic Journal (2007).
Education
PhD, University of Chicago, 2004; MA, Tel-Aviv University, 1997; BA, Tel-Aviv University, 1995
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
National Bureau of Economic Research Dissertation Fellowship Award 2003-04; University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation Award 2006; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Pilot Project Program Award 2007; Center for Health Management Research Grant Award, 2007; National Institute of Health Grant Award 2008
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2004-present
