Author Page for Amitabh Chandra

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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Patient Cost-Sharing, Hospitalization Offsets, and the Design of Optimal Health Insurance for the Elderly

NBER Working Paper No. w12972

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 15 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2022

Amitabh Chandra, Jonathan Gruber, Robin McKnight and Robin McKnight

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Wellesley College

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Citation 42

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Iatrogenic Specification Error: A Cautionary Tale of Cleaning Data

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Iatrogenic Specification Error: A Cautionary Tale of Cleaning Data

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Apr 2004

Christopher R. Bollinger and Amitabh Chandra

University of Kentucky - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Iatrogenic Specification Error: A Cautionary Tale of Cleaning Data

NBER Working Paper No. t0289

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Mar 2003 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2023

Christopher R. Bollinger and Amitabh Chandra

University of Kentucky - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Geography and Racial Health Disparities

NBER Working Paper No. w9513

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 26 Feb 2003 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2022

Amitabh Chandra and Jonathan S. Skinner

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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The Labor Market Effects of Rising Health Insurance Premiums

NBER Working Paper No. w11160

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 29 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2022

Katherine Baicker and Amitabh Chandra

Harvard University - Department of Health Policy & Management and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Citation 2

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Healthcare Exceptionalism? Performance and Allocation in the U.S. Healthcare Sector

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Healthcare Exceptionalism? Performance and Allocation in the U.S. Healthcare Sector

HKS Working Paper No. 058

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Dec 2015

Amitabh Chandra, Amy Finkelstein, Adam Sacarny and Chad Syverson

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Healthcare Exceptionalism? Performance and Allocation in the U.S. Healthcare Sector

NBER Working Paper No. w21603

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2023

Amitabh Chandra, Amy Finkelstein, Adam Sacarny and Chad Syverson

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Technology Growth and Expenditure Growth in Health Care

NBER Working Paper No. w16953

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 18 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 12 May 2023

Amitabh Chandra and Jonathan S. Skinner

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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Citation 32

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The Health Costs of Cost-Sharing

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The Health Costs of Cost-Sharing

NBER Working Paper No. w28439

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 08 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2023

Amitabh Chandra, Evan Flack and Ziad Obermeyer

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University and University of California, Berkeley

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The Health Costs of Cost-Sharing

HKS Working Paper No. RWP21-005

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 12 Mar 2021

Amitabh Chandra, Evan Flack and Ziad Obermeyer

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University and University of California, Berkeley

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Markers and Drivers: Cardiovascular Health of Middle-Age and Older Indians

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-888

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Dec 2011

Jinkook Lee, P. Arokiasamy, Amitabh Chandra, Peifeng Hu, Jenny Liu and Kevin Feeney

University of Southern California - Center for Economic & Social Research, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Division of Geriatric Medicine, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Independent

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Citation 1

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What Can Economics Say About Alzheimer's Disease?

NBER Working Paper No. w27760

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 31 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2023

Amitabh Chandra, Courtney Coile and Corina Mommaerts

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Wellesley College and University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Economics

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Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?

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Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2023-05

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Jan 2023

Katherine Baicker, Amitabh Chandra and Mark Shepard

University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?

HKS Working Paper No. RWP23-003, 2023

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Jan 2023

Katherine Baicker, Amitabh Chandra and Mark Shepard

University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?

NBER Working Paper No. w30854

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 08 May 2023

Katherine Baicker, Amitabh Chandra and Mark Shepard

University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Is the Convergence of the Racial Wage Gap Illusory?

NBER Working Paper No. w9476

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 02 Feb 2003 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022

Amitabh Chandra

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Is this Time Different? The Slowdown in Healthcare Spending

NBER Working Paper No. w19700

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 10 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 01 May 2022

Amitabh Chandra, Jonathan Holmes, Jonathan Holmes and Jonathan S. Skinner

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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Disability Risk and the Value of Disability Insurance

NBER Working Paper No. w11605

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 01 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2022

Amitabh Chandra and Andrew A. Samwick

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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Citation 1

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Testing a Roy Model with Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from the Treatment of Heart Attacks

NBER Working Paper No. w10811

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 18 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2022

Amitabh Chandra and Douglas Staiger

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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Citation 1

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Identifying Sources of Inefficiency in Health Care

NBER Working Paper No. w24035

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2023

Amitabh Chandra and Douglas Staiger

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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The Pragmatist's Guide to Comparative Effectiveness Research

NBER Working Paper No. w16990

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 May 2011 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022

Amitabh Chandra, Anupam B. Jena and Jonathan S. Skinner

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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Rebates in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Evidence from Medicines Sold in Retail Pharmacies in the U.S

NBER Working Paper No. w26846

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 16 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 10 May 2023

Pragya Kakani, Michael Chernew and Amitabh Chandra

Harvard University, Harvard University - Department of Health Care Policy and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Citation 5

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Healthcare Exceptionalism? Productivity and Allocation in the U.S. Healthcare Sector

NBER Working Paper No. w19200

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 03 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2022

Amitabh Chandra, Amy Finkelstein, Adam Sacarny, Adam Sacarny and Chad Syverson

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Regulatory Incentives for Innovation: The FDA's Breakthrough Therapy Designation

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Regulatory Incentives for Innovation: The FDA's Breakthrough Therapy Designation

HKS Working Paper No. RWP22-024

Number of pages: 88 Posted: 09 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2023

Amitabh Chandra, Jennifer L. Kao, Kathleen Miller and Ariel Dora Stern

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), UCLA Anderson, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Harvard Business School

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Regulatory Incentives for Innovation: The Fda's Breakthrough Therapy Designation

NBER Working Paper No. w30712

Number of pages: 88 Posted: 06 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2023

Amitabh Chandra, Jennifer L. Kao, Kathleen Miller and Ariel Dora Stern

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), UCLA Anderson, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Harvard Business School

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Productivity Variation and Input Misallocation: Evidence from Hospitals

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Productivity Variation and Input Misallocation: Evidence from Hospitals

NBER Working Paper No. w31569

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 21 Aug 2023

Amitabh Chandra, Carrie Colla and Jonathan S. Skinner

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Dartmouth College and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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Productivity Variation and Input Misallocation: Evidence from Hospitals

HKS Working Paper No. RWP23-024

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 17 Aug 2023

Amitabh Chandra, Carrie Colla and Jonathan Skinner

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Dartmouth College and Dartmouth College

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Characterizing the Drug Development Pipeline for Precision Medicines

NBER Working Paper No. w24026

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 20 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2023

Amitabh Chandra, Craig L. Garthwaite and Ariel Dora Stern

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Northwestern University - Department of Management & Strategy and Harvard Business School

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The Great Unequalizer: Initial Health Effects of Covid-19 in the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w28958

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 28 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2023

Marcella Alsan, Amitabh Chandra and Kosali Ilayperuma Simon

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Indiana University

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The Impact of Patient Cost-Sharing on the Poor: Evidence from Massachusetts

NBER Working Paper No. w18023

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2023

Amitabh Chandra, Jonathan Gruber, Robin McKnight and Robin McKnight

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Wellesley College

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Identifying Provider Prejudice in Healthcare

NBER Working Paper No. w16382

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2023

Amitabh Chandra and Douglas Staiger

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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Hospital Allocation and Racial Disparities in Health Care

NBER Working Paper No. w28018

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2023

Amitabh Chandra, Pragya Kakani and Adam Sacarny

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

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Regulatory Approval and Expanded Market Size

NBER Working Paper No. w28889

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 07 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2023

Benjamin Berger, Amitabh Chandra and Craig Garthwaite

Harvard University, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Northwestern University

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Saving Money or Just Saving Lives? Improving the Productivity of US Health Care Spending

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 4, pp. 33-56, 2012

Posted: 01 Sep 2012

Katherine Baicker, Amitabh Chandra and Jonathan S. Skinner

Harvard University - Department of Health Policy & Management, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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National Costs of the Medical Liability System

Health Affairs, Vol. 29, No. 9, 2010

Posted: 11 Sep 2010

Michelle M. Mello, Amitabh Chandra, Atul Gawande and David M. Studdert

Stanford Law School, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and University of Melbourne - Faculty of Law & Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

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Productivity Spillovers in Health Care: Evidence from the Treatment of Heart Attacks

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 115, pp. 103-140, February 2007

Posted: 07 Feb 2007

Amitabh Chandra and Douglas Staiger

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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Taxes and the Timing of Births

Posted: 19 Jan 1999

Stacy Dickert-Conlin and Amitabh Chandra

Syracuse University - Center for Policy Research and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

Amitabh Chandra

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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