ECON 4397 – Seminar in Economics:
Health Economics
Course Homepage
Dr. Edward Schumacher
Spring
2009
How to Reach Me
Course Syllabus
Lecture
Notes
Copies
of The Papers
Questions
for the Exams
How to Reach Me
Office: Chapman 402
Phone: 210.999.8137
Fax: 210.999.8108
email: eschumac@trinity.edu
Office Hours: T Th 2-4pm or by appointment
Home Page:www.trinity.edu/eschumac
Lecture Notes.
Week 2 January 20-22 Part
1 in Word or in PDF
Part
2 in Word
or in PDF
Malcom
Gladwell "The Moral Hazard Myth"
New Yorker Magazine
Week 3 January 27-29 in Word or PDF
Week 4 February 3-5, and 10
Part 1 in Word or in PDF
Part 2 in Word
or in PDF
Also
see the following:
Boston Globe:
On-The-Job Training
Denver Post: Companies Rewarding Good Health with Gifts
Week 5 February 12 -17 in Word or PDF
Also
see the following:
Wall Street Journal:
Nonprofit Hospitals Flex Pricing Power
Gruber -- incremental
universalism.pdf
Medicare Growth.ppt
Copies of the Class Papers.
The following papers are in pdf
format.
Readings:
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Student Presenter
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. Current Health Policy
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Javier
Bonilla
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Jonathan Gruber. “Covering the
Uninsured in the United States.” Journal of Economic Literature. Vol. 46,
No. 3 2008, 571–606.
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Kyle
Atman
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Jonathan
Gruber. “Incremental Universalism for the United States: The States Move
First?” Journal of Economic
Perspectives. Vol. 22, No. 4
Fall 2008 (pp: 51- 68).
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Maria
Cisneros
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David
M. Cutler. “Are We Finally Winning the War on Cancer?” Journal of Economic Perspectives. Vol. 22, No. 4 Fall 2008 (pp: 3- 26).
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International Health Comparisons
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Alan
M. Garber and Jonathan Skinner. “Is American Health Care Uniquely
Inefficient?” Journal of Economic Perspectives
Vol. 22, No. 4 Fall 2008 (pp: 27-
50).
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Rachael
Anderson
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Angus
Deaton. “Income, Health, and Well-Being around the World: Evidence from the
Gallup World Poll”. Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol.
22, No. 2, Spring 2008.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGYx35ypus
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Amy Diggs
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David
Cutler, Angus Deaton and Adriana Lleras-Muney. “The Determinants of
Mortality”. Journal of Economic
Perspectives Vol. 20, No. 3, Summer 2006.
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Regulation and Health
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Camille
Bittner
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Mark
Duggan, Patrick Healy, and Fiona Scott Morton. “Providing Prescription Drug
Coverage to the Elderly: America's Experiment with Medicare Part D”. Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol.
22, No. 4 Fall 2008 (pp: 69- 92).
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Morgan
Collins
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Tomas
J. Philipson and Eric Sun. “Is the
Food And Drug Administration Safe And Effective?” Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter 2008.
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Patrick
Figures
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Gary
S. Becker and Julio Jorge Elías. “Introducing Incentives in the Market for
Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations”. Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol.
21, No. 3, Summer 2007.
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Healthcare in the Developing
World
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Jishnu
Das, Jeffrey Hammer and Kenneth Leonard. “The Quality of Medical Advice in
Low-Income Countries”. Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol.
22, No. 2, Spring 2008.
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Christine
Li
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David
Canning. “The Economics of HIV/AIDS in Low-Income Countries: The Case for
Prevention” Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 20, No. 3, Summer 2006.
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The Economics of Risky Behavior
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Thomas
Robinson
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Michael
Kremer and Dan Levy. “Peer Effects and
Alcohol Use among College Students”. Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol.
22, No. 3, Summer 2008.
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David
Scott
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John
Cawley. “Reefer Madness, Frank the
Tank or Pretty Woman: To What Extent do Addictive Behaviors Respond to
Incentives?” in Incentives and Choices
in Health Care, ed. Frank A Sloan and Hirschel Kasper. MIT Press, 2008.
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Philip
J. Cook and Michael J. Moore. “The Economics Of Alcohol Abuse And
Alcohol-Control Policies” Health Affairs Vol. 21, No. 2
March/April 2002.
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Laura
Helmick
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Michael
Grossman, Frank J. Chaloupka, and Kyumin Shim. “Illegal Drug Use And Public
Policy”. Health Affairs Vol. 21,
No. 2 March/April 2002.
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Sara
Markowitz, Robert Kaestner, and Michael Grossman. “An Investigation of the
Effects of Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Policies on Youth Risky Sexual
Behaviors.” NBER working paper 11378. May 2005.
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Jonathan Gruber.
“The Economics Of Tobacco Regulation”. Health
Affairs Vol. 21, No. 2 March/April
2002.
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The Economics of Obesity
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Robert
Connop
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David
M. Cutler, Edward L. Glaeser and Jesse M. Shapiro. “Why Have Americans Become
More Obese?” Journal of Economic
Perspectives Vol. 17, No. 3, Summer 2003.
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Sara
N. Bleich, David Cutler, Christopher Murray, and Alyce Adams. “Why Is the
Developed World Obese?” Annual Review
of Public Health. 29:273–95, 2008.
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Justin
Spector
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Darius
N. Lakdawalla, Dana P. Goldman, and Baoping Shang. “The Health And Cost Consequences Of
Obesity Among The Future Elderly”. Health Affairs ~ Web Exclusive 26
September 2005.
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Jennifer
West
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Inus
Rashad, Michael Grossman and Shin-Yi Chou. “The Supersize of America: an
Economic Estimation of BMI and Obesity in Adults”. Eastern Economic Journal
Vol. 32, No. 1, Winter 2006.
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Questions for the Exams
Test 1 Essay Questions:
In MS WORD or PDF File
NT Times article to go with Question 7:
NYT
UnitedHealth and IBM test Health care Plan
Test 2 Essay Questions
In MS WORD or PDF
Test 3 Essay
Questions
In MS WORD