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View article: HOSPITAL AT HOME PROGRAMS: CAREGIVER INSIGHTS ON SUCCESSES AND ENHANCEMENTS
HOSPITAL AT HOME PROGRAMS: CAREGIVER INSIGHTS ON SUCCESSES AND ENHANCEMENTS Open
Hospital at Home (HaH), an alternative to hospital-based care, continues to expand across the US. While the caregiver role is of great interest, little is known about their experiences. This is the first qualitative study, to our knowledge…
View article: RAZOR‐THIN MASS ELECTIONS WITH HIGH TURNOUT
RAZOR‐THIN MASS ELECTIONS WITH HIGH TURNOUT Open
We argue that traditional voting models fail to fully explain the frequency of very close mass elections with high turnout. Instead, we model elections as a competition between incentive schemes to mobilize voters. We elucidate conditions …
View article: The tripartite auction folk theorem
The tripartite auction folk theorem Open
We formally study two bidder first-price, second-price, and all-pay auctions with known values, deriving the equilibrium payoffs and strategies and showing when all three yield the same equilibrium payoffs to the bidders. This latter resul…
View article: Twin peaks: Expressive externality in group participation
Twin peaks: Expressive externality in group participation Open
We introduce a model of group behavior that combines expressive participation with strategic participation. Building on the idea that expressive voting in elections is much like rooting for a sports team, we give applications to both sport…
View article: CONTENDING WITH UNCERTAINTY: IMPLEMENTING THE CMS ACUTE HOSPITAL CARE AT HOME WAIVER PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES
CONTENDING WITH UNCERTAINTY: IMPLEMENTING THE CMS ACUTE HOSPITAL CARE AT HOME WAIVER PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES Open
As Congress considers renewing the Acute Hospital Care At Home (AHCaH) waiver, which provides a full hospital payment for Hospital at Home (HaH) care, evaluating uncertainty around the future of HaH payment is critical. Our qualitative stu…
View article: Interventions with Sticky Social Norms: A Critique
Interventions with Sticky Social Norms: A Critique Open
We study the consequences of policy interventions when social norms are endogenous but costly to change. In our environment, a group faces a negative externality that it partially mitigates through incentives in the form of punishments. In…
View article: The whip and the Bible: Punishment versus internalization
The whip and the Bible: Punishment versus internalization Open
A variety of experimental and empirical research indicate that prosocial behavior is important for economic success. There are two sources of prosocial behavior: incentives and preferences. The latter, the willingness of individuals to “do…
View article: Fine cartels
Fine cartels Open
This paper studies a simple model of a repeated cartel that can punish using both voluntary fines and inefficient prices wars. The idea is to use the fines in response to noisy signals of bad behavior and back it up with threats of price w…
View article: Interventions with Sticky Social Norms: A Critique
Interventions with Sticky Social Norms: A Critique Open
We study the consequences of policy interventions when social norms are endogenous but costly to change. In our environment, a group faces a negative externality that it partially mitigates through incentives in the form of punishments. In…
View article: The Reputation Trap
The Reputation Trap Open
Few want to do business with a partner who has a bad reputation. Consequently, once a bad reputation is established, it can be difficult to get rid of. This leads on the one hand to the intuitive idea that a good reputation is easy to lose…
View article: The whip and the Bible: Punishment versus internalization
The whip and the Bible: Punishment versus internalization Open
A variety of experimental and empirical research indicate that prosocial behavior is important for economic success. There are two sources of prosocial behavior: incentives and preferences. The latter, the willingness of individuals to “do…
View article: Antihypertensive Medication Non-Adherence in Black Men: Direct and Mediating Effects of Depressive Symptoms, Psychosocial Stressors and Substance Use
Antihypertensive Medication Non-Adherence in Black Men: Direct and Mediating Effects of Depressive Symptoms, Psychosocial Stressors and Substance Use Open
Black men suffer disproportionately from hypertension (HTN). Antihypertensive medication non-adherence is a major contributor to poor blood pressure control, yet few studies consider how psychosocial functioning may impact Black men’s medi…
View article: TRADE ASSOCIATIONS: WHY NOT CARTELS?
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS: WHY NOT CARTELS? Open
The relevance of special interests lobbying in modern democracies can hardly be questioned. But if large trade associations can overcome the free riding problem and form effective lobbies, why do they not also threaten market competition b…
View article: Voter Turnout with Peer Punishment
Voter Turnout with Peer Punishment Open
We introduce a model where social norms of voting participation are strategically chosen by competing political parties and determine voters’ turnout. Social norms must be enforced through costly peer monitoring and punishment. When the co…
View article: Radical Markets by Eric Posner and E. Glen Weyl: A Review Essay
Radical Markets by Eric Posner and E. Glen Weyl: A Review Essay Open
At a time when standards of living have improved more than any time in history, this book makes a proposal for radical change. It is based—loosely—on market design principles. The plan for attacking overlapping ownership is reasonably well…
View article: Learning dynamics with social comparisons and limited memory
Learning dynamics with social comparisons and limited memory Open
We study models of learning in games where agents with limited memory use social information to decide when and how to change their play. When agents observe only the aggregate distribution of payoffs and recall only information from the l…