Benjamin Handel

University of California, Berkeley

310 Barrows Hall

Berkeley, CA 94720

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No 2023-131
Number of pages: 111 Posted: 10 Oct 2023
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, Bocconi University and University of Cologne
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Welfare, Consumption Spillovers, Collective Trap, Coordination, Product Market Traps, Social Media

When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media

George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy & the State Working Paper No. 336
Number of pages: 111 Posted: 03 Nov 2023
University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley, Bocconi University and University of Cologne
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When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media

NBER Working Paper No. w31771
Number of pages: 113 Posted: 09 Oct 2023
University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley, Bocconi University and University of Cologne
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Optimal Long-Term Health Insurance Contracts: Characterization, Computation, and Welfare Effects

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2218R2
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 28 May 2021
Yale University, University of California, Berkeley, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Sloan School of Management and Department of Economics
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What Does a Deductible Do? The Impact of Cost-Sharing on Health Care Prices, Quantities, and Spending Dynamics

NBER Working Paper No. w21632
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 12 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2023
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Robust New Product Pricing

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2014
Benjamin Handel and Kanishka Misra
University of California, Berkeley and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Non-Bayesian learning, ambiguity, pricing, monopoly, minimax regret

The Welfare Effects of Long-Term Health Insurance Contracts

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2218, December 2019
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 03 Jan 2020
Yale University, University of California, Berkeley, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Sloan School of Management and Department of Economics
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The Welfare Effects of Long-Term Health Insurance Contracts

NBER Working Paper No. w23624
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 04 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2023
Benjamin Handel, Igal Hendel and Michael D. Whinston
University of California, Berkeley, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Sloan School of Management and Department of Economics
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Self-Control and Demand for Preventive Health: Evidence from Hypertension in India

NBER Working Paper No. w23727
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 28 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Liang Bai, Benjamin Handel, Edward Miguel and Gautam Rao
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Industrial Organization of Health Care Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w29137
Number of pages: 106 Posted: 09 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2023
Benjamin Handel, Kate Ho and Kate Ho
University of California, Berkeley and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Managing Intelligence: Skilled Experts and Ai in Markets for Complex Products

NBER Working Paper No. w27038
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 28 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 19 May 2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Equilibria in Health Exchanges: Adverse Selection vs. Reclassification Risk

NBER Working Paper No. w19399
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 06 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2023
Benjamin Handel, Igal Hendel and Michael D. Whinston
University of California, Berkeley, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Sloan School of Management and Department of Economics
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The Social Determinants of Choice Quality: Evidence from Health Insurance in the Netherlands

NBER Working Paper No. w27785
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 11 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2023
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, London School of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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The Social Determinants of Choice Quality: Evidence from Health Insurance in the Netherlands

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15302
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 22 Sep 2020
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, London School of Economics and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Health Insurance for "Humans": Information Frictions, Plan Choice, and Consumer Welfare

NBER Working Paper No. w19373
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 30 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2023
Benjamin Handel and Jonathan T. Kolstad
University of California, Berkeley and University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Systems Department
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Vertical Relationships in Drug Supply: State of Current Research

NBER Working Paper No. w29959
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2023
Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Catherine Che and Benjamin Handel
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley
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Information Frictions and Adverse Selection: Policy Interventions in Health Insurance Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w21759
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 30 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2023
Benjamin Handel, Jonathan Kolstad and Johannes Spinnewijn
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Information Frictions and Adverse Selection: Policy Interventions in Health Insurance Markets

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10953
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 01 Dec 2015
University of California, Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Systems Department and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Adverse Selection, Information Frictions, Policy Interventions

The Affordable Care Act After a Decade: Industrial Organization of the Insurance Exchanges

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 14, pp. 287-312, 2022
Posted: 31 Aug 2022
Benjamin Handel and Jonathan Kolstad
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

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The Affordable Care Act after a Decade: Industrial Organization of the Insurance Exchanges

NBER Working Paper No. w29178
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2023
Benjamin Handel and Jonathan Kolstad
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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The Impact of Price Transparency in Outpatient Provider Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w32580
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Jun 2024
Kayleigh Barnes, Sherry Glied, Benjamin Handel and Grace Kim
Federal Reserve Board of Governors, New York University (NYU) - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, University of California, Berkeley and New York University (NYU) - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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