Amitabh Chandra

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• Harvard University / Harvard Kennedy School
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author of:

• Patient Cost-Sharing and Hospitalization Offsets in the Elderly
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2010)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Jonathan Gruber & Robin McKnight
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:100:y:2010:i:1:p:193-213)
• Patient Cost Sharing in Low Income Populations
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2010)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Jonathan Gruber & Robin McKnight
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:100:y:2010:i:2:p:303-08)
• Labor-Market Dropouts and the Racial Wage Gap: 1940-1990
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2000)
  by Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:90:y:2000:i:2:p:333-338)
• The Productivity of Physician Specialization: Evidence from the Medicare Program
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2004)
  by Katherine Baicker & Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:94:y:2004:i:2:p:357-361)
• The Consequences of the Growth of Health Insurance Premiums
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2005)
  by Katherine Baicker & Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:95:y:2005:i:2:p:214-218)
• The Pragmatist's Guide to Comparative Effectiveness Research
  Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2011)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Anupam B. Jena & Jonathan S. Skinner
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jecper:v:25:y:2011:i:2:p:27-46)
• The Effect of Malpractice Liability on the Delivery of Health Care
  Forum for Health Economics & Policy, De Gruyter (2005)
  by Baicker Katherine & Chandra Amitabh
  (ReDIF-article, bpj:fhecpo:v:8:y:2005:n:4)
• Does public infrastructure affect economic activity?: Evidence from the rural interstate highway system
  Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2000)
  by Chandra, Amitabh & Thompson, Eric
  (ReDIF-article, eee:regeco:v:30:y:2000:i:4:p:457-490)
• Rising up with shoe leather? A comment on Fair Society, Healthy Lives (The Marmot Review)
  Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier (2010)
  by Chandra, Amitabh & Vogl, Tom S.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:socmed:v:71:y:2010:i:7:p:1227-1230)
• Aspirin, angioplasty and proton beam therapy: the economics of smarter health-care spending
  Proceedings - Economic Policy Symposium - Jackson Hole, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (2011)
  by Katherine Baicker & Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-article, fip:fedkpr:y:2011:p:197-235)
• Iatrogenic Specification Error: A Cautionary Tale of Cleaning Data
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2004)
  by Bollinger, Christopher R. & Chandra, Amitabh
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp1093)
• Hospital Organization and Productivity
  NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Amitabh Chandra & David M. Cutler & Robert S. Huckman & Elizabeth Martinez
  (ReDIF-book, nbr:nberbk:chan13-1)
• Disability Risk and the Value of Disability Insurance
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Andrew A. Samwick
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:11118)
• Comment on "Health and Well-Being in Udaipur and South Africa"
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)
  by Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:11323)
• Cost Growth in Medicare: 1992 to 2006
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Lindsay Sabik & Jonathan S. Skinner
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:11937)
• Comment on "Is Decentralized Iron Fortification a Feasible Option to Fight Anemia Among the Poorest?"
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Heidi Williams
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:11949)
• Comment on "The Value of Progress against Cancer in the Elderly"
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
  by Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:12440)
• Comment on "Childhood Health and Differences in Late-Life Health Outcomes between England and the United States"
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
  by Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:12446)
• Comment on "Spousal Health Effects: the Role of Selection"
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:12969)
• The Diffusion of New Medical Technology: The Case of Drug-Eluting Stents
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Amitabh Chandra & David Malenka & Jonathan Skinner
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:12974)
• Comment on "Nutrition, Iron Deficiency Anemia, and the Demand for Iron Fortified Salt: Evidence from an Experiment in Rural Bihar"
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014)
  by Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:12985)
• Are Black-White Mortality Rates Converging? Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 1993–2010
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Tyler Hoppenfeld & Jonathan Skinner
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:13643)
• Characterizing the Drug Development Pipeline for Precision Medicines
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Craig Garthwaite & Ariel Dora Stern
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:13994)
• The Orphan Drug Act at 35: Observations and an Outlook for the Twenty-First Century
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Nicholas Bagley & Benjamin Berger & Amitabh Chandra & Craig Garthwaite & Ariel D. Stern
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:14097)
• Venture Capital-Led Entrepreneurship in Health Care
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Cirrus Foroughi & Lauren Mostrom
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:14383)
• Understanding Agglomerations in Health Care
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Katherine Baicker & Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:7986)
• Comment on "Aging and Death under a Dollar a Day"
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Heidi Williams
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:8201)
• Comment on "Income, Aging, Health and Well-Being around the World: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll"
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Heidi Williams
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:8205)
• The Effect of Malpractice Liability on the Delivery of Health Care
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005)
  by Katherine Baicker & Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:9876)
• Iatrogenic Specification Error: A Cautionary Tale of Cleaning Data
  NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003)
  by Christopher R. Bollinger & Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberte:0289)
• The Effect of Malpractice Liability on the Delivery of Health Care
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004)
  by Katherine Baicker & Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:10709)
• Testing a Roy Model with Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from the Treatment of Heart Attacks
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Douglas Staiger
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:10811)
• The Labor Market Effects of Rising Health Insurance Premiums
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005)
  by Katherine Baicker & Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:11160)
• Disability Risk and the Value of Disability Insurance
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Andrew A. Samwick
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:11605)
• Patient Cost-Sharing, Hospitalization Offsets, and the Design of Optimal Health Insurance for the Elderly
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Jonathan Gruber & Robin McKnight
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:12972)
• Identifying Provider Prejudice in Healthcare
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Douglas O. Staiger
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:16382)
• Technology Growth and Expenditure Growth in Health Care
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Jonathan S. Skinner
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:16953)
• The Pragmatist's Guide to Comparative Effectiveness Research
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Anupam B. Jena & Jonathan S. Skinner
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:16990)
• The Impact of Patient Cost-Sharing on the Poor: Evidence from Massachusetts
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Jonathan Gruber & Robin McKnight
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:18023)
• Healthcare Exceptionalism? Productivity and Allocation in the U.S. Healthcare Sector
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Amy Finkelstein & Adam Sacarny & Chad Syverson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19200)
• Is This Time Different? The Slowdown in Healthcare Spending
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Jonathan Holmes & Jonathan Skinner
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:19700)
• Healthcare Exceptionalism? Performance and Allocation in the U.S. Healthcare Sector
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Amy Finkelstein & Adam Sacarny & Chad Syverson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:21603)
• What Does a Deductible Do? The Impact of Cost-Sharing on Health Care Prices, Quantities, and Spending Dynamics
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015)
  by Zarek C. Brot-Goldberg & Amitabh Chandra & Benjamin R. Handel & Jonathan T. Kolstad
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:21632)
• Characterizing the Drug Development Pipeline for Precision Medicines
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Craig Garthwaite & Ariel Dora Stern
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:24026)
• Identifying Sources of Inefficiency in Health Care
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Douglas O. Staiger
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:24035)
• Rebates in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Evidence from Medicines Sold in Retail Pharmacies in the U.S
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Pragya Kakani & Michael Chernew & Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:26846)
• What Can Economics Say About Alzheimer's Disease?
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Courtney Coile & Corina Mommaerts
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:27760)
• Hospital Allocation and Racial Disparities in Health Care
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Pragya Kakani & Adam Sacarny
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28018)
• The Health Costs of Cost-Sharing
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Evan Flack & Ziad Obermeyer
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28439)
• Regulatory Approval and Expanded Market Size
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Benjamin Berger & Amitabh Chandra & Craig Garthwaite
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28889)
• The Great Unequalizer: Initial Health Effects of COVID-19 in the United States
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Marcella Alsan & Amitabh Chandra & Kosali I. Simon
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28958)
• Regulatory Incentives for Innovation: The FDA's Breakthrough Therapy Designation
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Jennifer Kao & Kathleen L. Miller & Ariel D. Stern
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:30712)
• Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Katherine Baicker & Amitabh Chandra & Mark Shepard
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:30854)
• Productivity Variation and Input Misallocation: Evidence from Hospitals
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Carrie H. Colla & Jonathan S. Skinner
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31569)
• Are Hospital Quality Indicators Causal?
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Maurice Dalton & Douglas O. Staiger
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31789)
• Is the Convergence of the Racial Wage Gap Illusory?
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003)
  by Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:9476)
• Geography and Racial Health Disparities
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Jonathan Skinner
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:9513)
• Iatrogenic Specification Error: A Cautionary Tale of Cleaning Data
  Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2005)
  by Christopher R. Bollinger & Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jlabec:v:23:y:2005:i:2:p:235-258)
• The Labor Market Effects of Rising Health Insurance Premiums
  Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2006)
  by Katherine Baicker & Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jlabec:v:24:y:2006:i:3:p:609-634)
• Taxes and the Timing of Birth
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1999)
  by Stacy Dickert-Conlin & Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:107:y:1999:i:1:p:161-177)
• Productivity Spillovers in Health Care: Evidence from the Treatment of Heart Attacks
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2007)
  by Amitabh Chandra & Douglas O. Staiger
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:115:y:2007:p:103-140)
• Health insurance coverage of the unemployed: COBRA and the potential effects of Kassebaum-Kennedy
  Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (1999)
  by Mark C. Berger & Dan A. Black & Frank A. Scott & Amitabh Chandra
  (ReDIF-article, wly:jpamgt:v:18:y:1999:i:3:p:430-448)