Market Design by Nikhil Agarwal & Eric Budish (forthcoming in the Handbook of Industrial Organization)

from Market Design at https://bit.ly/3CyzFjA on October 31, 2021 at 12:51PM  Here’s an NBER working paper that will appear in the Handbook of Industrial Organization: Market Design by Nikhil Agarwal & Eric Budish NBER WORKING PAPER 29367,  DOI 10.3386/w29367,  October 2021 Abstract: "This Handbook chapter seeks to introduce students and researchers of industrial organization (IO) […]

Economic warfare: how to staff it?

from Market Design at https://bit.ly/3pNPteU on October 30, 2021 at 12:57PM  The Financial Times has a story about how the UK Ministry of Defense runs an economic warfare unit, which needs to be staffed differently than other military specialties. (The U.S. armed forces have very limited ability to recruit people with specialized skills from civilian […]

Adjusting Medicare Advantage Star Ratings for Socioeconomic Status and Disability

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3mrHHVU on October 29, 2021 at 02:58PM Objectives Studies have identified potential unintended effects of not adjusting clinical performance measures in value-based purchasing programs for socioeconomic status (SES) factors. We examine the impact of SES and disability adjustments on Medicare Advantage (MA) plans’ and prescription drug […]

Shifting From Passive Quality Reporting to Active Nudging to Influence Consumer Choice of Health Plan

from RAND Research Topic: Health and Health Care at https://bit.ly/3pJyIS6 on October 29, 2021 at 02:58PM Comparative quality information on health plan and provider performance is increasingly available in the form of quality report cards, but consumers rarely make use of these passively provided decision support tools. In 2012–2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]