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About<\/h3>\n

This annual conference brings together scholars from law, economics, public health and medicine to discuss empirical research at the intersection of these fields.<\/p>\n

Organizers<\/h3>\n

Since 2023, this annual conference is co-organized by Michael Frakes <\/a> (Duke University School of Law) and Jetson Leder-Luis <\/a> (Boston University Questrom School of Business). Michael Frakes and Kathy Zeiler<\/a> (Boston University School of Law) organized conferences held 2009-2022.<\/p>\n

Past Conference Agendas<\/h2>\n

17th Annual: Duke University School of Law (2026)<\/h3>\n

Does LLM Assistance Improve Healthcare Delivery? An Evaluation Using On-Site Physicians and Laboratory Tests<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Presenter: Aaron Schwartz<\/strong>, University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Trials Avoid High Risk Patients and Underestimate Drug Harms
\n<\/strong><\/em>Presenter: Leila Agha<\/strong>, Harvard University<\/p>\n

Choice and Access in Medicare Advantage
\n<\/strong><\/em>Presenter: John Graves<\/strong>, Vanderbilt<\/p>\n

Physician Regulation: Evidence from the Opioid Epidemic
\n<\/strong><\/em>Presenter: Colleen Carey<\/strong>, Cornell University<\/p>\n

Predictably Unpredictable Inspections
\n<\/strong><\/em>Presenter: Maggie Shi<\/strong>, University of Chicago<\/p>\n

Competition and Fraud in Health Care
\n<\/strong><\/em>Presenter: Riley League<\/strong>, University of Illinois<\/p>\n

16th Annual: Boston University Questrom School of Business (2025)<\/h3>\n

Medicare Advantage, Competition and Overpayment
\n<\/i><\/b>Presenter: Barak Richman,<\/b> George Washington University
\nCommentator: Michael Frakes<\/strong>, Duke University<\/p>\n

Conflict Resolution Using Arbitration: Insights from Disputes Between Insurers & Doctors
\n<\/i><\/b>Presenter: Ben Chartock,<\/b> Bentley University
\nCommentator: Tal Gross<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n

Do Higher-Priced Hospitals Delivery Higher-Quality Care
\n<\/i><\/b>Presenter: Jon Gruber,<\/b> MIT
\nCommentator: Jetson Leder-Luis,<\/b>\u00a0Boston University<\/p>\n

Inflation Reduction Act and Prescription Drugs
\n<\/i><\/b>Presenter: Colleen Carey,<\/b> Cornell University
\nCommentator: Leemore Dafny,<\/b> Harvard University<\/p>\n

The Effect of Market Size on the Cost and Quality of Pharmaceutical Innovation
\n<\/i><\/b>Presenter: Alice Chen,<\/b> University of Southern California
\nCommentator: Luca Maini<\/strong>,<\/b> Harvard University<\/p>\n

Out-of-Pocket Spending for Insulin by Medicare Beneficiaries after Monthly Caps
\n<\/i><\/b>Presenter: Aaron Kesselheim, Dongzhe Hong, and Benjamin Rome,<\/b>\u00a0Harvard University
\nCommentator: Barak Richman<\/strong>,<\/b> George Washington University<\/p>\n

15th Annual: Duke University School of Law (2024)<\/h3>\n

Disadvantaging Rivals: Vertical Integration in the Pharmaceutical Market<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Abby Alpert<\/strong>, University of Pennsylvania
\nCommentator: Emily Cuddy<\/strong>, Duke University<\/p>\n

Do Physicians Follow the Golden Rule? Evidence of Imperfect Agency and Moral Hazard from Physicians\u2019 Self-Prescriptions<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Mariana Carrera<\/strong>, Montana State University
\nCommentator: Yiqun Chen<\/strong>, University of Illinois Chicago<\/p>\n

The Productivity of Professions: Evidence from the Emergency Department<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Yiqun Chen<\/strong>, University of Illinois Chicago
\nCommentator: Ben McMichael<\/strong>, University of Alabama<\/p>\n

The Economics of Health Care Fraud<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Jetson Leder-Luis<\/strong>, Boston University
\nCommentator: Elissa Philip Gentry<\/strong>, Florida State University<\/p>\n

Is a Dollar in Need a Dollar Indeed? Optimal Tax Policy when Health Differs<\/em><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Ana Vasilj<\/strong>, University of Chicago
\nCommentator: Shu-Yi Oei<\/strong>, Duke University<\/p>\n

Sharing is Caring: Does Organ Allocation Policy Work?<\/em><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Ben McMichael<\/strong>, University of Alabama
\nCommentator: Andy Yuan<\/strong>, Northwestern University<\/p>\n

14th Annual: Boston University Questrom School of Business (2023)<\/h3>\n

Legal Representation in Disability Claims<\/i><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Nicole Maestas<\/strong>, Harvard Health Care Policy
\nDiscussant: Tal Gross, <\/strong>Boston University Questrom School of Business<\/p>\n

Profit Sharing & Patient Steering: Joint Ventures in Dialysis<\/em><\/strong><\/i><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Paul Eliason,<\/strong> BYU Econ
\nDiscussant: Jetson Leder-Luis,<\/strong> Boston University Questrom School of Business<\/p>\n

Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries and Fatal Car Crashes<\/i><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Theo Caputi, <\/strong>MIT Econ
\nDiscussant: Kathy<\/strong> Zeiler, <\/strong>Boston University Questrom School of Business<\/p>\n

Public Investment and Health Care Quality: Evidence from Rural Hospital Subsidies<\/i><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Caitlin Carrol, <\/strong>Minnesota School of Public Health
\nDiscussant: Joe Doyle, <\/strong>MIT Sloan<\/p>\n

Gender Concordance and Quality of Care: Evidence from Patients with the First Heart Attack
\n<\/em><\/strong>Presenter: Ye Andy Yuan<\/strong>, Northwestern Law
\nDiscussant: Kristin Madison<\/strong>, Northeastern Law<\/p>\n

Provider Supply and Access to Specialty Care
\n<\/em><\/strong>Presenter: Steven Pizer, <\/strong>Boston University School of Public Health
\nDiscussant: Alon Bergman, <\/strong>UPenn Perelman School of Medicine and Wharton<\/p>\n

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13th Annual: Duke University School of Law (2022)<\/h3>\n

Do Conflicts of Interests Disclosures\u00a0Work? Evidence from Citations in Medical Journals<\/i><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Anup Malani<\/strong>, Univ. of Chicago Law
\nCommentator: Elissa Philip Gentry<\/strong>, Florida State Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Power Dynamics in the Doctor-Patient Relationship<\/i><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Stephen Schwab<\/strong>, US Army & Baylor Univ. Economics (co-authored with Manasvini Singh, Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst Social Behavioral Sciences)
\nCommentator: Kate Bundorf<\/strong>, Duke Univ. Public Policy<\/p>\n

Blowing the Whistle on Malpractice: Fraud Enforcement as Patient Harm Reduction<\/i><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Vicki Perez<\/strong>, Yale Univ. Public Health
\nCommentator: Jetson Leder-Luis<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Business<\/p>\n

No Penalty, No Problem? Estimating the Effect of Zeroing out the Individual Penalty on Health Insurance Coverage<\/i><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Kye Lippold<\/strong>, U.S. Treasury (co-authored with Jacob Goldin, Ithai Lurie and Vedant Vohra)
\nCommentator: Kathy Zeiler<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Information Disclosure in the Presence of Competition: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry <\/i><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Jennifer Kao<\/strong>, UCLA Anderson School
\nCommentator: David Ridley<\/strong>, Duke Univ. Business<\/p>\n

Innovation Adoption and Regulation Under Uncertainty: The Case of New Medical Procedures<\/i><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Riley League<\/strong>, PhD Candidate at Duke Univ. Economics<\/p>\n

12th Annual: Boston University School of Law (2021)<\/h3>\n

Trauma at School: The Impacts\u00a0 of Shootings on Students’ Human Capital and Economic Outcomes<\/em><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Molly Schnell<\/strong>, Northwestern Univ. Economics
\nCommentator: Kathy Zeiler, <\/strong>Boston Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Rules v. Discretion: Treatment of Mental Illness in U.S. Adolescents<\/em><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Janet Currie<\/strong>, Princeton Univ. Public and Intl Affairs
\nDiscussant: Michael Ulrich<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Public Health<\/p>\n

The Private Provision of Public Services: Evidence from Random Assignment in Medicaid<\/strong>
\nPresenter: Jacob Wallace<\/strong>, Yale Univ. Public Health
\nDiscussant: Jim Greiner<\/strong>, Harvard Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Using Racial Equity Tools To Address the Social Determinants of Health & Systemic Racism<\/strong>
\nPresenters: Sidney Watson & Ruquaiijah Yearby<\/strong>, Saint Louis Univ. Law
\nDiscussant: Ren\u00e9e Boynton-Jarrett<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Medicine<\/p>\n

Accountable Care Organization Policies, Social Risk Screening, and the Impacts on the Im\/migrant Community<\/strong>
\nPresenter: Stephanie Loo<\/strong>, PhD candidate at Boston Univ. Public Health
\nDiscussant: Leo Beletsky<\/strong>, Northeastern Univ. Law and Health Sciences<\/p>\n

Rationing Medicine Through Paperwork: Authorization Restrictions in Medicare<\/strong>
\nPresenter: Zarek Brot-Goldberg<\/strong>, Univ. of Chicago Public Policy
\nDiscussant: Michael Frakes<\/strong>, Duke Univ. Law<\/p>\n

11th Annual: Duke University School of Law (2020)<\/h3>\n

Whistleblowers, The False Claims Act, and the Behavior of Healthcare Providers<\/em><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Jetson Leder-Luis<\/strong>, PhD Candidate at MIT Economics
\nCommentator: David Howard, <\/strong>Emory Univ. Health Policy and Management<\/p>\n

Conditions as Signals: The Expressive Content of Medicaid Work Requirements<\/em><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Kristen Underhill, <\/strong>Columbia Univ. Law
\nCommentator: Mark Hall, <\/strong>Wake Forest Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Strategic Submissions: A Cross-Country Analysis of Supplemental Drug Approvals<\/em><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Elissa Philip Gentry,<\/strong> Florida State Univ. Law (co-authored with Pierre Dubois, <\/strong>Toulouse Economics, and Tuba Tuncel, <\/strong>HEC Montreal Applied Economics)
\nCommentator: Arti Rai<\/strong>, Duke Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Patent Office Reform and Drug Pricing<\/em><\/strong>
\nPresenters: Melissa Wasserman, <\/strong>Univ. of Texas at Austin Law and Michael Frakes, <\/strong>Duke Univ. Law
\nCommentator: Elissa Philip Gentry, <\/strong>Florida State Univ. Law<\/p>\n

How Bundled Payments Affect Firm Behavior and Patient Outcomes: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry<\/em><\/strong>
\nPresenter: Ryan McDevitt,<\/strong> Duke Univ. Business (co-authored with Paul Eliason, <\/strong>BYU Economics, Ben Heebsh, <\/strong>PhD Candidate at Duke Univ. Economics, and Jimmy Roberts, <\/strong>Duke Univ. Economics)
\nCommentator: Brian McManus, <\/strong>UNC Economics<\/p>\n

Physician Response to Malpractice Allegations: Evidence from Florida Emergency Departments\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Presenter: Caitlin Carroll,<\/strong>\u00a0Univ. of Minnesota Public Health (co-authored with David Cutler<\/strong>, Harvard Univ. Economics, and Anupam Jena<\/strong>, Harvard Univ. Medical School)
\nCommentator: Kathy Zeiler, <\/strong>Boston Univ. Law<\/p>\n

10th Annual: Boston University School of Law (2019)<\/h3>\n

Responses to readmissions penalties: What can we learn about hospital behavior?<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Kevin Griffith<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Public Health
\nCommentator: Tal Gross<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Business<\/p>\n

Firm Entry and Exit from U.S. Generic Prescription Drug Markets, 2009-2016<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Rena Conti<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Business
\nCommentator: Michael Frakes<\/strong>, Duke Univ. Law<\/p>\n

How Do Low-Income Enrollees in the Affordable Care Act Exchanges Respond to Cost-Sharing?<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Thomas DeLeire<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Public Policy
\nCommentator: Melissa McInerney<\/strong>, Tufts Univ. Economics<\/p>\n

Impact of Lottery vs Fixed Incentive on Health Behavior<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Bhagyashree Katare<\/strong>, Purdue Univ. Agricultural Economics
\nCommentator: Kathy Zeiler<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Regulating Opioid Supply in Canada through Insurance Coverage<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Jill Horwitz<\/strong>, UCLA Law
\nCommentator: Angela Kilby<\/strong>, Northeastern Univ. Economics<\/p>\n

Politics and Health Care Spending in the United States<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Zack Cooper<\/strong>, Yale Univ. Public Health and Economics
\nCommentator: Kathleen Carey<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Public Health<\/p>\n

9 Duke University School of Law (2018)<\/h3>\n


Developing Novel Drugs<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Danielle Li<\/strong>, MIT Sloan (co-authored with Joshua Krieger, Harvard Univ. Business, and Dimitris Papanikolaou, Northwestern Kellogg)
\nCommentator: Melissa Wasserman<\/strong>, Univ. of Texas at Austin Law<\/p>\n

The Indian Health Insurance Experiment: Preliminary Results<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Anup Malani<\/strong>, Univ. of Chicago Law (co-authored with Gabriella Conti, Univ. College London, Kosuke Imai, Princeton Univ., Cynthia Kinnan, Northwestern Univ., and Alessandra Voena, Univ. of Chicago)
\nCommentator: Andr\u00e9s Hincapi\u00e9<\/strong>, UNC Economics<\/p>\n

The Effects of Expert Recommendations on Choice among Prescription Drug Insurance Plans<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Kate Bundorf<\/strong>, Stanford Univ. Law
\nCommentator: Kathy Zeiler<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Industry Input in Policymaking: Evidence from Medicare<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: David Chan<\/strong>, Stanford Univ. Law (co-authored with Michael Dickstein<\/strong>, NYU Stern)
\nCommentator: Michael Frakes<\/strong>, Duke Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Patient vs. Provider Incentives in Long Term Care<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Martin Hackmann<\/strong>, UCLA Economics (co-authored with R. Vincent Pohl, Univ. of Georgia Business)
\nCommentator: Sally Stearns<\/strong>, UNC Gillings Global Public Health<\/p>\n

How does product liability risk affect innovation? Evidence from medical implants<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Alberto Galasso<\/strong>, Univ. of Toronto Management (co-authored with Hong Luo, Harvard Univ. Business)
\nCommentator: Arti Rai<\/strong>, Duke Univ. Law<\/p>\n

8th Annual: Boston University School of Law (2017)<\/h3>\n


Marijuana Access and the Demand for Opioids in Medicare Part D<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Calvin Luscombe<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Economics
\nDiscussant: Michael Frakes<\/strong>, Duke Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Ask Your Doctor? Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Pharmaceuticals<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Amanda Starc<\/strong>, Northwestern Univ. Kellogg
\nDiscussant: Jim Rebitzer<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Business<\/p>\n

Defensive Medicine: Evidence from Military Immunity<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Jonathan Gruber<\/strong>, MIT Economics
\nDiscussant: Randy Ellis<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Economics<\/p>\n

Liquidity Constraints and the Value of Insurance<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Keith Marzilli Ericson<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Business
\nDiscussant: Jacob Bor<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Public Health<\/p>\n

Effects of Robust State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on Opioid Prescribing and Use<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Rebecca Haffajee<\/strong>, Univ. of Michigan Public Health
\nDiscussant: Kathy Zeiler<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Self-Insuring Against Liability Risk: Evidence from Physician Home Values in States with Unlimited Homestead Exemptions<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Eric Helland<\/strong>, Claremont McKenna College Economics and Finance
\nDiscussant: Kristen Madison<\/strong>, Northeastern Univ. Law and Health Sciences<\/p>\n

7th Annual: Northwestern University School of Law (2016)<\/h3>\n


Starving (or Fattening) the Golden Goose: Generic Entry and the Incentives for Early-Stage Pharmaceutical Innovation<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Matthew Higgins<\/strong>, Georgia Institute of Technology Business
\nCommentator: Melissa Wasserman<\/strong>, Univ. of Illinois Law<\/p>\n

Impact of ACA Medicaid Expansion on Health Behaviors<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Kosali Simon<\/strong>, Indiana Univ. Public and Environmental Affairs
\nCommentator: Christopher Robertson<\/strong>, Univ. of Arizona Law<\/p>\n

Discretion and Guidelines: Evidence from Warfarin Administration<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Jason Abaluck<\/strong>, Yale Univ. Management
\nCommentator: Bernard Black<\/strong>, Northwestern Univ. Law and Kellogg School<\/p>\n

Can Public Recognition Protect Public Health? Lessons Learned from the EPA\u2019s Performance Track and OSHA\u2019s Voluntary Protection Program<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Cary Coglianese<\/strong>, Penn Law
\nCommentator: Kathy Zeiler<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Transparency and Negotiated Prices: The Value of Information in Hospital-Supplier Bargaining<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Ashley Swanson<\/strong>,\u00a0Penn Wharton School, Health Care Management Department
\nCommentator: Matthew Notowidigdo<\/strong>, Northwestern Univ. Economics<\/p>\n

A Randomized Field Experiment of Physicians’ Conflict of Interest Disclosures to Patients<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Christopher Robertson<\/strong>, Univ. of Arizona Law
\nCommentator: Kyle Rozema<\/strong>, Northwestern Univ. Law<\/p>\n



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6th Annual: Georgetown University Law Center (2015)<\/h3>\n


Once Ticketed, Twice Shy? Specific Deterrence from Road Traffic Laws<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: David Studdert<\/strong>, Stanford Univ. Law, Medical School
\nDiscussant: Kathy Zeiler<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Physician Self-Referral of Physical Therapy Services for Patients with Low Back Pain: Implications for Use, Types of Treatments Rendered and Expenditures<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Jean Mitchell<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Public Policy
\nDiscussant: Michael Frakes<\/strong>, Northwestern Univ. Law<\/p>\n

High Stakes Testing: Chronic Disease Management in Low Resource Settings<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Jacob Bor<\/strong>, Boston Univ. Global Health and Center for Global Health & Development
\nDiscussant: Joshua Teitelbaum<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Law<\/p>\n

How do Electronic Cigarettes affect Adolescent Smoking?<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Abigail Friedman<\/strong>, Yale Univ. Public Health
\nDiscussant: Susan Yeh<\/strong>, George Mason Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Nursing Home Pay-for-Performance: An Evaluation of the Nursing Home Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: David Grabowski<\/strong>, Harvard Univ. Medical School, Health Care Policy
\nDiscussant: Louise Sheiner<\/strong>, Brookings Institution<\/p>\n

Exit and Re-Entry Under Medicaid Premiums: Evidence From Wisconsin<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Laura Dague<\/strong>, Texas A&M Univ. Bush School of Government & Public Service
\nDiscussant: Nicholas Papageorge<\/strong>, Johns Hopkins Univ. Economics<\/p>\n

5th Annual: Cornell Law School (2014)<\/h3>\n


Adverse Selection and an Individual Mandate: When Theory Meets Practice<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Jonathan Kolstad<\/strong>, Penn Wharton School, Health Care Management
\nCommentator: Nicolas Ziebarth<\/strong>, Cornell Univ. Policy Analysis and Management<\/p>\n

The Effect of Health Insurance on Near-Elderly Health and Mortality<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Bernard Black<\/strong>, Northwestern Univ.\u00a0Law, Kellogg School
\nCommentator: Seth Seabury<\/strong>, Univ. of Southern California Emergency Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine, Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy<\/p>\n

Operation and Effects of Communication-and-Resolution Programs in Hospitals<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Michelle Mello<\/strong>, Harvard Univ.\u00a0Public Health, Health Policy and Management
\nCommentator: Kathryn Zeiler<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Mortality and treatment patterns among patients hospitalized with acute cardiovascular conditions during dates of national cardiology meetings<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Anupam B. Jena<\/strong>, Harvard Univ.\u00a0Medicine, Health Care Policy
\nCommentator: David Chan<\/strong>, Stanford Univ. Medicine, Center for Health Policy and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research<\/p>\n

Do Policies Affect Preferences? Evidence from Random Variation in Abortion Jurisprudence<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Susan Yeh<\/strong>, George Mason Univ.\u00a0Law
\nCommentator: Katherine Litvak<\/strong>, Northwestern Univ.\u00a0Law<\/p>\n

Clocking Out: Shift Work in the Emergency Department<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: David Chan<\/strong>, Stanford Univ.\u00a0Medicine, Center for Health Policy and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research
\nCommentator: Anupam B. Jena<\/strong>, Harvard Univ.\u00a0Medicine, Health Care Policy<\/p>\n

4th Annual: Georgetown University Law Center (2013)<\/h3>\n


Health Insurance Mandates, Mammography, and Breast Cancer Diagnoses<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Marianne Bitler<\/strong>, Univ. of California-Irvine Economics
\nDiscussant: Kathy Zeiler<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Punishment and Deterrence: Evidence from Drunk Driving<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Benjamin Hansen<\/strong>, Univ. of Oregon Economics
\nDiscussant: Josh Teitelbaum<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Medical Leave-Taking after the FMLA: An Empirical Analysis of Affirmative Employment Rights<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Christopher Griffin<\/strong>, William & Mary Law
\nDiscussant: Christine Eibner<\/strong>, RAND, Washington DC<\/p>\n

Does Federal Spending ‘Coerce’ States? Evidence from State Budgets<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Brian Galle<\/strong>, Boston College Law
\nDiscussant: Jack Hoadley<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ., Health Policy Institute<\/p>\n

Churning under the ACA and State Policy Options for Mitigation<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Austin Nichols<\/strong>, Urban Institute, Washington DC
\nDiscussant: Andrew Zeitlin<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Public Policy Institute<\/p>\n

The Effect of Product and Nutrient-Specific Taxes on Shopping Behavior and Nutrition: Evidence from Scanner Data<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Matthew Harding<\/strong>, Stanford Univ. Economics
\nDiscussant: Michael Frakes<\/strong>, Cornell Univ. Law<\/p>\n

3rd Annual: Cornell Law School (2012)<\/h3>\n


Mandate-Based Health Reform and the Labor Market: Evidence from the Massachusetts Reform<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Amanda Kowalski<\/strong>, Yale Univ. Economics
\nCommentator: Samuel Kleiner<\/strong>, Cornell Univ. Policy Analysis and Management<\/p>\n

Unintended consequences of products liability: Evidence from the pharmaceutical market<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Seth Seabury<\/strong>, RAND Corporation
\nCommentator: Michael Frakes<\/strong>, Cornell Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Can \u201cDisclosure-and-Offer” Programs Reduce Utilization Without Raising Mortality?<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Lorens Helmchen<\/strong>, George Mason Univ. Health Admin. and Policy
\nCommentator: Sean Nicholson<\/strong>, Cornell Univ. Policy Analysis and Management<\/p>\n

The Causal Effect of Fetal Alcohol Exposure on Height: Evidence from State Prohibition Laws<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Jonathan Klick<\/strong>, Penn Law
\nCommentator: John Cawley<\/strong>, Cornell Univ. Policy Analysis and Management<\/p>\n

Endogeneity or Anticipation? Evidence from the Effect of Tort Reform on Physician Supply<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Anup Malani<\/strong>, Univ. of Chicago Law
\nCommentator: Kathryn Zeiler<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Drug Patent Settlements: An Empirical Analysis<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Bhaven Sampat<\/strong>, Columbia Univ., Mailman School of Public Health, Health Policy and Management
\nCommentator: Michael Heise<\/strong>, Cornell Univ. Law<\/p>\n

2nd Annual: Georgetown University Law Center (2011)<\/h3>\n


The Impact of Financial Incentives on Hospitals that Serve Poor Patients<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Ashish Jha<\/strong>, Harvard Univ. Public Health
\nCommentator: Wally Mullin<\/strong>, George Washington Univ.\u00a0Economics<\/p>\n

Impact of a Pay-for-Performance Program on Care for Minority Patients with Hypertension: Important Answers in the Era of the Affordable Care Act<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Laura Petersen<\/strong>, Baylor College Medicine
\nCommentator: Carole Roan Gresenz<\/strong>, RAND Corporation<\/p>\n

Evaluation of Implementation of the Prometheus Payment Pilot<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Peter Hussey<\/strong>, RAND Corporation
\nCommentator: Kathy Zeiler<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Deterring Domestic Violence: Which Policies Reduce Repeat Offenses?<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Frank Sloan<\/strong>, Duke Univ. Economics, Public Policy, Business
\nCommentator: Nora Gordon<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Public Policy Institute<\/p>\n

Cardiac Technology Diffusion: Market Failure and Expanding Access to Care<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Jill Horwitz<\/strong>, Univ. of Michigan Law
\nCommentator: Ron Borzekowski<\/strong>, United States Federal Reserve Bank<\/p>\n

The Impact of Tort Reform on Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Max Schanzenbach<\/strong>, Northwestern Univ. Law
\nCommentator: Billy Jack<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ.\u00a0Economics<\/p>\n

1st Annual: Georgetown University Law Center (2009)<\/h3>\n


Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: David Matsa<\/strong>, Northwestern Univ. Kellogg
\nDiscussant: Tamar Klaiman<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Medical Center, School of Nursing and Health Studies<\/p>\n

Stark Contrasts: The Impact of Prohibiting Physician Self-Referrals on the Prevalence of Overtreatment in Health Care<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Brian Chen<\/strong>, Stanford Univ., Shorenstein and Spogli Institutes
\nCommenter: Jean Mitchell<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Public Policy<\/p>\n

Malpractice Standards of Care and Regional Variations in Physician Practice Styles<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Michael D. Frakes<\/strong>, Harvard Univ. Law, Petrie-Flom Center Academic Fellow
\nCommenter: William McGreevy<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Medical Center, School of Nursing and Health Studies<\/p>\n

An Empirical Study of HPV Vaccination Policy Making in the States<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Michelle Mello<\/strong>, Harvard Univ. Public Health, Health Policy and Management
\nCommenter: Kathryn Zeiler<\/strong>, Georgetown Univ. Law<\/p>\n

Mental Health Care Consumption and Outcomes: Considering Preventative Strategies Across Race and Class<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Barak D. Richman,<\/strong> Duke Univ.\u00a0Law
\nCommenter: Brad Herring<\/strong>, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, PhD Program in Health Economics & Policy<\/p>\n

The Impact of Tort Reform on Intensity of Treatment: Evidence from the Heart Patients<\/strong><\/em>
\nPresenter: Ronen Avraham<\/strong>, Univ. of Texas at Austin Law
\nCommenter: Randall R. Bovbjerg<\/strong>, Urban Institute, Health Policy Center
\nDuke Univ.\u00a0Law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About This annual conference brings together scholars from law, economics, public health and medicine to discuss empirical research at the intersection of these fields. Organizers Since 2023, this annual conference is co-organized by Michael Frakes (Duke University School of Law) and Jetson Leder-Luis (Boston University Questrom School of Business). Michael Frakes and Kathy Zeiler (Boston […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18130,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jetson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jetson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jetson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jetson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jetson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jetson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":543,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jetson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/291\/revisions\/543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/jetson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}