2024 Annual Health Economics Conference

After a successful post-Covid restart of the Annual Health Economics Conference (AHEC) in 2023, we are going to continue with the AHEC 2024 meeting hosted by Stanford University. The conference will begin on the morning of Thursday, April 4th and conclude by midday on Friday, April 5th. Please note that due to space constraints, this conference is by invitation only. If you would like to attend, please contact Maria Polyakova (maria.polyakova@stanford.edu) and Kelsey Snook (ksnook1@stanford.edu). 

We are extremely grateful to the Hoover Institute, the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and Stanford Health Policy for sponsoring the event this year. 

2024 AHEC Organizing Committee

Alice Chen, PhD (University of Southern California)

Marcus Dillender, PhD (Vanderbilt University)

Atul Gupta, PhD (University of Pennsylvania)

Maria Polyakova, PhD (Stanford University)

Michael Richards, MD, PhD (Cornell University)

Ashley Swanson, PhD (University of Wisconsin)

Agenda 

Presentation format: 30 minutes presenter, 10 minutes discussion, 10 minutes Q&A 

Day 1: April 4 (Thursday)

7.30-8.30 am: Breakfast 

8.30-9.20 am 
Links Between Puzzles in Household Finance: Evidence from Employee Benefit Choices 
Adam Leive, Leora Friedberg, and Brent Davis 
Speaker: Adam Leive, PhD – Assistant Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley 
Discussant: Gopi Shah Goda, PhD – Senior Fellow, SIEPR, Stanford University 

9.20-10.10 am 
Long-Term Echoes of Short-Term Policy: Tracing the Persistent Impact of Medicare Advantage Subsidies
Thomas Buchmueller, Aaron Kaye, William Mandelkorn, and Sarah Miller 
Speaker: Aaron Kaye, PhD Candidate in Business and Economics, University of Michigan 
Discussant: Natalia Serna Borrero, PhD – Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy, Stanford University 

10.10-10.30 am: Break 

10.30-11.20 am 
Turbocharging Profits? Contract Gaming and Revenue Allocation in Healthcare
Atul Gupta, Ambar La Forgia, and Adam Sacarny 
Speaker: Ambar La Forgia, PhD – Assistant Professor, Haas School, University of California Berkeley 
Discussant: Jetson Leder-Luis, PhD – Assistant Professor, Questrom School of Business, Boston University 

11.20-12.10 pm 
Public Investment and Health Care Quality: Evidence from Rural Hospital Subsidies 
Caitlin Carroll 
Speaker: Caitlin Carroll, PhD – Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota 
Discussant: Christopher Whaley, PhD – Associate Professor, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University 

12.10-1.30 pm Lunch 

1.30-2.20 pm 
Medical Residency Subsidies and Provider Supply
Cici McNamara and Mayra Pineda-Torres 
Speaker: Cici McNamara, PhD – Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology 
Discussant: Michael Richards, MD, PhD, MPH – Professor, Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University 

2.20-3.10 pm 
Cognitive Capacity, Fatigue, and Decision Making: Evidence from the Practice of Medicine
Bryan Chu, Ben Handel, Jonathan Kolstad, Jonas Knecht, Ulrike Malmendier, and Filip Matejka 
Speaker: Jonathan Kolstad, PhD – Professor, Haas School of Business and Department of Economics, University of California Berkeley
Discussant: David Silver, PhD – Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara 

3.10-3.30 pm: Break 

3.30-4.20 pm 
Externalities from Medical Innovation: Evidence from Organ Transplantation 
Kevin Callison, Michael Darden, and Keith F. Teltser 
Speaker: Michael Darden, PhD – Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University 
Discussant: Paulo J. Somaini, PhD – Associate Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business

4.20-5.10 pm 
The Effect of Hospital Breastfeeding Policies on Infant Health
Emily C. Lawler and Meghan M. Skira 
Speaker: Emily C. Lawler, PhD – Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration and Policy and Economics, University of Georgia 
Discussant: Heather Royer, PhD – Professor of Economics University of California, Santa Barbara 

Day 2: April 5 (Friday) 

7.30-8.30 am: Breakfast 

8.30-9.20 am 
The Effect of Organizations on Physician Prescribing: The Case of Opioids
M. Kate Bundorf, Daniel Kessler, and Sahil Lalwani 
Speaker: Daniel Kessler, PhD – Professor, School of Law and Graduate School of Business, Stanford University 
Discussant: Stephen Schwab, PhD – Assistant Professor, Alvarez College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio 

9.20-10.10 am 
Stocking Under the Influence: Spillovers from Commercial Drug Coverage to Medicare Utilization 
Emma Dean, Josh Feng, and Luca Maini 
Speaker: Emma Dean, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, Miami Business School, University of Miami 
Discussant: Genevieve Kanter, PhD – Associate Professor of Public Policy, Sol Price School of Public Policy and Senior Fellow, USC Schaeffer Center, USC 

10.10-10.30 am: Break 

10.30-11.20 am 
Healthcare Provider Bankruptcies
Samuel Antill, Jessica Bai, Ashvin Gandhi, and Adrienne Sabety 
Speaker: Adrienne Sabety, PhD – Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy, Stanford University 
Discussant: Riley League, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow in Health and Aging Research at the National Bureau of Economic Research 

11.20-12.10 pm
Ridesharing and External-Cause Mortality 
Conor Lennon, Christian Saenz, and Keith Teltser 
Speaker: Conor Lennon, PhD – Associate Professor, Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 
Discussant: Victoria Barone, PhD – Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Notre Dame 

12.10-1.30 pm: Lunch 

1.30 pm: Adjourn