Gautam Gowrisankaran

Columbia University

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1.

Dynamics of Consumer Demand for New Durable Goods

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Dynamics of Consumer Demand for New Durable Goods

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Jul 2007
Gautam Gowrisankaran and Marc Rysman
Columbia University and Boston University - Department of Economics
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dynamic demand, discete choice, camcorders, consumer electronics

Dynamics of Consumer Demand for New Durable Goods

NBER Working Paper No. w14737
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2022
Gautam Gowrisankaran and Marc Rysman
Columbia University and Boston University - Department of Economics
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Does Competition Kill? Hospital Quality and Competition

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Apr 2000
Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town
Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Measuring Network Effects in a Dynamic Environment

NET Institute Working Paper No. 10-03
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 31 Jul 2010
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Marc Rysman and Minsoo Park
Columbia University, Boston University - Department of Economics and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
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Empirics, Network Effects, DVD players

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Network Externalities and Technology Adoption: Lessons from Electronic Payments

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Network Externalities and Technology Adoption: Lessons from Electronic Payments

FRB of San Francisco Working Paper No. 2002-16
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 May 2005
Gautam Gowrisankaran and Joanna Stavins
Columbia University and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
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Electronic funds transfers

Network Externalities and Technology Adoption: Lessons from Electronic Payments

NBER Working Paper No. w8943
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 May 2002 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2022
Gautam Gowrisankaran and Joanna Stavins
Columbia University and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
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Inferring Hospital Quality from Patient Discharge Records Using a Bayesian Selection Model

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 09 Apr 2000
John Geweke, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town
University of Technology Sydney - Economics Discipline Group, Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Welfare Consequences of ATM Surcharges: Evidence from a Structural Entry Model

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The Welfare Consequences of ATM Surcharges: Evidence from a Structural Entry Model

NET Institute Working Paper No. 04-16
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Nov 2004
Gautam Gowrisankaran and John Krainer
Columbia University and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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The Welfare Consequences of ATM Surcharges: Evidence from a Structural Entry Model

NBER Working Paper No. w12443
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 21 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2022
Gautam Gowrisankaran and John Krainer
Columbia University and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Quantifying Equilibrium Network Externalities in the Ach Banking Industry

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Quantifying Equilibrium Network Externalities in the Ach Banking Industry

NET Institute Working Paper No. 03-6
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Nov 2004
Daniel A. Ackerberg and Gautam Gowrisankaran
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Columbia University
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Quantifying Equilibrium Network Externalities in the Ach Banking Industry

NBER Working Paper No. w12488
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2022
Daniel A. Ackerberg and Gautam Gowrisankaran
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Columbia University
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Brief of Amici Curiae Economics Professors in Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health System (U.S. Supreme Court)

Health Management, Policy and Innovation, Vol. 1 (2012)
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Oct 2012
Bernard S. Black, David Dranove, Cory S. Capps, Martin Gaynor, Robert J. Town, Timothy Bresnahan, Timothy Bresnahan, David M. Cutler, Guy David, Alain C. Enthoven, Gautam Gowrisankaran, Deborah Haas-Wilson, Kate Ho, Kate Ho, Richard Lindrooth, Anthony T. Lo Sasso, Thomas G. McGuire, Aviv Nevo, Stephen L. Parente, Mark V. Pauly, Tomas Philipson, Uwe Reinhardt, Mark Satterthwaite, R. Lawrence Van Horn, William White, Dennis Yao and Jack Zwanziger
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Bates White, LLC, Carnegie Mellon University, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Stanford Graduate School of BusinessStanford University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Management, Stanford University - Knight Management Center, Columbia University, Smith College, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Princeton University - Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, DePaul University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Health Care Policy, Northwestern University - Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Systems Department, University of Chicago, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Vanderbilt University - Strategy and Business Economics, Cornell University, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and University of Illinois at Chicago
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Bayesian Inference for Hospital Quality in a Selection Model

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Bayesian Inference for Hospital Quality in a Selection Model

NBER Working Paper No. w8497
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 29 Sep 2001 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2022
John Geweke, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town
University of Technology Sydney - Economics Discipline Group, Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Bayesian Inference for Hospital Quality in a Selection Model

FRB of San Francisco Working Paper No. 2002-18
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 03 May 2005
John Geweke, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town
University of Technology Sydney - Economics Discipline Group, Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Medical care

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Learning and the Value of Information: The Case of Health Plan Report Cards

FRB of San Francisco Working Paper No. 2002-17
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 03 May 2005
Michael Chernew, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Dennis P. Scanlon
Harvard University - Department of Health Care Policy, Columbia University and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Health Policy and Administration
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Medical care

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Mergers When Prices are Negotiated: Evidence from the Hospital Industry

NBER Working Paper No. w18875
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2023
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Aviv Nevo and Robert J. Town
Columbia University, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Competition, Payer, and Hospital Quality

NBER Working Paper No. w9206
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Sep 2002 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town
Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Do Mergers Lead to Monopoly in the Long Run? Results from the Dominant Firm Model

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Do Mergers Lead to Monopoly in the Long Run? Results from the Dominant Firm Model

NBER Working Paper No. w9151
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Sep 2002 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2023
Gautam Gowrisankaran and Thomas J. Holmes
Columbia University and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Economics
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Do Mergers Lead to Monopoly in the Long Run? Results from the Dominant Firm Model

Posted: 14 Aug 2008
Gautam Gowrisankaran and Thomas J. Holmes
Columbia University and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Economics

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Merger, Dominant Firm, Dynamics

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Learning and the Value of Information: Evidence from Health Plan Report Cards

NBER Working Paper No. w8589
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2022
Michael Chernew, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Dennis P. Scanlon
Harvard University - Department of Health Care Policy, Columbia University and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Health Policy and Administration
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Why Do Incumbent Senators Win? Evidence from a Dynamic Selection Model

NBER Working Paper No. w10748
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2022
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Matthew F. Mitchell and Andrea Moro
Columbia University, Rotman School of Management and Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics
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Intermittency and the Value of Renewable Energy

NBER Working Paper No. w17086
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 31 May 2011 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2023
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Stanley S. Reynolds and Mario Samano
Columbia University, University of Arizona - Department of Economics and HEC Montreal
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Managed Care, Drug Benefits and Mortality: An Analysis of the Elderly

NBER Working Paper No. w10204
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2022
Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town
Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Quality and Employers' Choice of Health Plan

NBER Working Paper No. w9847
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Jul 2003 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
Michael Chernew, Gautam Gowrisankaran, Catherine G. McLaughlin and Teresa Gibson
Harvard University - Department of Health Care Policy, Columbia University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Health Management and Policy and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Health Management and Policy
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Payer Type and the Returns to Bypass Surgery: Evidence from Hospital Entry Behavior

NBER Working Paper No. w8632
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Dec 2001 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2022
Michael Chernew, Gautam Gowrisankaran and A. Mark Fendrick
Harvard University - Department of Health Care Policy, Columbia University and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Internal Medicine
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Countervailing Market Power and Hospital Competition

NBER Working Paper No. w27005
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Eric Barrette, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town
Medtronic, Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Productivity, Safety, and Regulation in Underground Coal Mining: Evidence from Disasters and Fatalities

NBER Working Paper No. w21129
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 04 May 2015 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2022
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Charles He, Eric Lutz and Jefferey Burgess
Columbia University, University of Arizona - Department of Economics, University of Arizona - Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and University of Arizona - Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
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Escalation of Scrutiny: The Gains from Dynamic Enforcement of Environmental Regulations

NBER Working Paper No. w24810
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 16 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2022
Wesley Blundell, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Ashley Langer
California State University, East Bay, Columbia University and University of Arizona
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Does Information Feedback from In-Home Devices Reduce Electricity Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w20809
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 05 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Shahzeen Attari, Gautam Gowrisankaran, Troy Simpson and Sabine M. Marx
Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Columbia University, Columbia University and Columbia University - Technological Change Lab
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“Nash-in-Nash” Bargaining: A Microfoundation for Applied Work

NBER Working Paper No. w20641
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 03 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 27 May 2023
Allan Collard-Wexler, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robin S. Lee
Duke University, Columbia University and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Salience, Myopia, and Complex Dynamic Incentives: Evidence from Medicare Part D

NBER Working Paper No. w21104
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 20 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
Tina Marsh Dalton, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Robert J. Town
Wake Forest University, Columbia University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Physician Practice Style and Healthcare Costs: Evidence from Emergency Departments

NBER Working Paper No. w24155
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 03 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2023
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Keith A. Joiner and Pierre-Thomas Léger
Columbia University, University of Arizona - College of Medicine and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Can Amputation Save the Hospital? The Impact of the Medicare Rural Flexibility Program on Demand and Welfare

NBER Working Paper No. w18894
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2023
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Claudio Lucarelli, Philipp Schmidt-Dengler and Robert J. Town
Columbia University, Cornell University, University of Mannheim and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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How Do Hospitals Respond to Payment Incentives?

NBER Working Paper No. w22873
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 05 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2023
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Keith A. Joiner and Jianjing Lin
Columbia University, University of Arizona - College of Medicine and Tulane University
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Reclassification Risk in the Small Group Health Insurance Market

NBER Working Paper No. w24663
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 04 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 22 May 2023
Sebastián Fleitas, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Anthony T. Lo Sasso
Universidad de la Republica - Instituto de Economía, Columbia University and DePaul University - Department of Economics
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Soaking Up the Sun: Battery Investment, Renewable Energy, and Market Equilibrium

NBER Working Paper No. w29133
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 09 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2023
R. Andrew Butters, Jackson Dorsey and Gautam Gowrisankaran
Indiana University, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics & Public Policy, and Columbia University
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How Do Hospitals Respond to Payment Incentives?

NBER Working Paper No. w26455
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 18 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2023
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Keith A. Joiner and Jianjing Lin
Columbia University, University of Arizona - College of Medicine and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
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Policy Uncertainty in the Market for Coal Electricity: The Case of Air Toxics Standards

NBER Working Paper No. w30297
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 01 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2023
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Ashley Langer and Wendan Zhang
Columbia University, University of Arizona and Renmin University of China
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Reclassification Risk in the Small Group Health Insurance Market

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14394
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 11 Feb 2020
Sebastian Fleitas, Gautam Gowrisankaran and Anthony Lo Sasso
KU Leuven, Columbia University and DePaul University
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Adverse Selection, experience rating, guaranteed renewability, inertia, Pass through

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A Dynamic Model of Endogenous Horizonal Mergers

Posted: 12 Nov 1998
Gautam Gowrisankaran
Columbia University

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