Stigler Center Economics of Healthcare Conference
In collaboration with Chicago Booth Healthcare Initiative
October 21-22, 2021 | Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago
About the Conference
In 2020, the Stigler Center put together a group of renowned economists working in the industrial organization of healthcare to help take stock of the current body of knowledge in the field and drive research moving forward. This group of 25+ scholars, led by Fiona Scott Morton (Yale) and Craig Garthwaite (Northwestern Kellogg), has been further split among 8 subgroups focused on: (i) state enforcement; (ii) organizational economics; (iii) innovation; (iv) rural; (v) generics; (vi) political economy; (vii) consumer behavior; and (viii) PBMs. Each subgroup is tasked with drafting short articles that summarize the most relevant literature in this field and outline key outstanding research questions. Ultimately, the hope is that these articles help engage economists/other academics that are not currently working on the economics of healthcare but would be an excellent addition to it.
At the conference, the groups will present the first drafts of these papers and receive feedback on what they can improve or are missing.
Please note this conference is by invitation only.
Agenda
(subject to change)
Thursday, October 21 |
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| 9:30 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. CT | Breakfast |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. CT | Opening Remarks - Luigi Zingales | Fiona Scott Morton |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. CT |
Barriers to Entry in Pharmaceutical Markets Fiona Scott Morton [with Nitzan Arad/Robin Feldman] Discussant: Thomas Wollmann Discussant: Ziad Obermeyer |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT | Break |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. CT | Lunch |
| 1:10 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. CT | Break |
| 1:20 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. CT |
Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Vertical Relationships in Drug Supply Benjamin Handel [with Zarek Brot-Goldberg/Catherine Che] Discussant: Ashley Swanson Discussant: Mark Shepard |
| 2:20 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. CT | Break |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. CT |
Organizational Economics and the US Healthcare System Jim Rebitzer [with David Chan/Brigham Frandsen/Michael Powell] Discussant: Raffaella Sadun Discussant: Wouter Dessein |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. CT | Break |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT |
Industrial Organization of Rural Health Care Markets Caitlin Carroll/Paul Eliason Discussant: Elena Falcettoni Discussant: Chad Syverson |
| 5:00 p.m. - 5:10 p.m. CT | Break |
| 5:10 p.m. - 6:10 p.m. CT |
Behavioral Health Economics and Competition Policy Jonathan Kolstad/Robert Town Discussant: Amitabh Chandra Discussant: Sanjog Misra |
| 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. CT | Reception |
| 7:15 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. CT |
Dinner | Keynote – Translating Research into Policy Katherine Baicker In conversation with: Matthew Notowidigdo |
Friday, October 22 |
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| 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. CT | Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. CT |
The (lack of?) Political Economy of Healthcare Research Zack Cooper Discussant: Marianne Bertrand Discussant: John DeFigueiredo Discussant: Neale Mahoney |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. CT | Break |
| 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. CT |
The State of Research on Medical Innovations David Dranove [with Craig Garthwaite] Discussant: Brad Shapiro Discussant: Scott Stern |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. CT | Break |
| 11:20 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. CT |
Healthcare Antitrust Enforcement and Regulation by the States Cory Capps [with Tetyana Shvydko/Zenon Zabinski] Discussant: Marty Gaynor Discussant: Emilio Varanini |
| 12:20 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT | Break |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. CT |
Lunch | Closing Keynote – Racial Inequality in Healthcare Marcella Alsan In conversation with: Amitabh Chandra | Matthew Notowidigdo |
| 1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. CT | Closing remarks |
Conference Organizers
- Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance & Charles M. Harper Faculty Fellow, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Fiona Scott Morton, Theodore Nierenberg Professor of Economics, Yale University School of Management
- Craig Garthwaite, Herman R. Smith Research Professor in Hospital and Health Services; Professor of Strategy; and the Director of the Program on Healthcare at Kellogg (HCAK), Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
- Matthew Notowidigdo, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Filippo Lancieri, Post-Doctoral Fellow, ETH Zurich Center for Law and Economics; Research Fellow, Stigler Center, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
For more information, contact:
Rachel Piontek, Associate Director, Stigler Center
rachel.piontek@chicagobooth.edu