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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

Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Amitabh Chandra, Benjamin Handel and Jonathan Kolstad

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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Political Adverse Selection

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Political Adverse Selection

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2022-87

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Jun 2022

Leonardo Bursztyn, Jonathan Kolstad, Aakaash Rao, Pietro Tebaldi and Noam Yuchtman

University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Harvard University, Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and London School of Economics

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Polarization and Public Policy: Political Adverse Selection under Obamacare

NBER Working Paper No. w30214

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2023

Leonardo Bursztyn, Jonathan Kolstad, Aakaash Rao, Pietro Tebaldi and Noam Yuchtman

University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Harvard University, Department of Economics, Columbia University and London School 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

Jonathan Gruber, Benjamin Handel, Samuel Kina and Jonathan Kolstad

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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Group Testing in a Pandemic: The Role of Frequent Testing, Correlated Risk, and Machine Learning

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Group Testing in a Pandemic: The Role of Frequent Testing, Correlated Risk, and Machine Learning

NBER Working Paper No. w27457

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2023

Ned Augenblick, Jonathan Kolstad, Ziad Obermeyer and Ao Wang

University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley

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Group Testing in a Pandemic: The Role of Frequent Testing, Correlated Risk, and Machine Learning

NBER Working Paper No. w27457

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 12 Jan 2021

Ned Augenblick, Jonathan Kolstad, Ziad Obermeyer and Ao Wang

University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley

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Information Frictions and Adverse Selection: Policy Interventions in Health Insurance Markets

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5623

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 22 Dec 2015

Benjamin R. Handel, Jonathan Kolstad and Johannes Spinnewijn

Northwestern University, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business 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

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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

Benjamin Handel, Jonathan Kolstad, Thomas Minten and Johannes Spinnewijn

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

Benjamin Handel, Jonathan Kolstad, Thomas Minten and Johannes Spinnewijn

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

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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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Information Frictions and Adverse Selection: Policy Interventions in Health Insurance Markets

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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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The Role of Insurers in Health Care Spending and Production: Evidence from Utah

NBER Working Paper No. w34561

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 16 Dec 2025

Benjamin Handel, Jonathan Holmes, Jonathan Kolstad and Kurt Lavetti

University of California, Berkeley, University of Ottawa, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Ohio State University

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Thinking versus Doing: Cognitive Capacity, Decision Making and Medical Diagnosis

NBER Working Paper No. w35034

Number of pages: 139 Posted: 08 Apr 2026

Benjamin Handel, Louis-Jonas Heizlsperger, Jonas Knecht, Jonathan Kolstad, Ulrike Malmendier and Filip Matějka

University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and Charles University in Prague - CERGE-EI

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Jonathan Kolstad

University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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The Social Determinants of Choice Quality: Evidence from Health Insurance in the Netherlands

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The Role of Insurers in Health Care Spending and Production: Evidence from Utah

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Thinking versus Doing: Cognitive Capacity, Decision Making and Medical Diagnosis

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