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Monitoring for Waste : Evidence from Medicare Audits

Shi, Maggie - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper examines the tradeoffs of monitoring for wasteful public spending. By penalizing unnecessary spending, monitoring improves the quality of public expenditure and incentivizes firms to invest in compliance technology. I study a large Medicare program that monitored for unnecessary...

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Improving Regulation for Innovation : Evidence from China's Pharmaceutical Industry

Jia, Ruixue; Ma, Xiao; Yang, Jianan; Zhang, Yiran - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This study investigates how enhanced regulation can promote innovation, focusing on the impacts of a significant regulatory reform in China's pharmaceutical sector implemented in 2015. Inspired by regulatory practices in the U.S., the reform aimed to address application backlogs and reduce...

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Calculating the Costs and Benefits of Advance Preparations for Future Pandemics

Glennerster, Rachel; Snyder, Christopher M.; Tan, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic is estimated to have caused over 7 million deaths and reduced economic output by over $13 trillion to date. While vaccines were developed and deployed with unprecedented speed, pre-pandemic investments could have accelerated their widespread introduction, saving millions of...

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Accelerating Vaccine Innovation for Emerging Infectious Diseases via Parallel Discovery

Barberio, Joseph; Becraft, Jacob; Ben Chaouch, Zied; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We analyze the financial performance of a hypothetical portfolio of 120 mRNA vaccine candidates in the preclinical … performance is the price per dose, while the increased probability of success due to mRNA technology, adjusting the size of the … portfolio, and the possibility of conducting human challenge trials do not significantly improve financial performance. These …

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A Shot at Economic Prosperity : Long-term Effects of India's Childhood Immunization Program on Earnings and Consumption Expenditure

Summan, Amit; Nandi, Arindam; Bloom, David E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Routine childhood vaccinations are among the most cost-effective interventions. In recent years, the broader benefits of vaccines, which include improved cognitive and schooling outcomes, have also been established. This paper evaluates the long-term economic benefits of India's national program...

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Expanding Capacity for Vaccines Against Covid-19 and Future Pandemics : A Review of Economic Issues

Athey, Susan; Castillo, Juan Camilo; Chaudhuri, Esha; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We review economic arguments for using public policy to accelerate vaccine supply during a pandemic. Rapidly vaccinating a large share of the global population helps avoid economic, mortality, and social losses, which in the case of Covid-19 mounted into trillions of dollars. However,...

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Explaining Adverse Cholesterol Levels and Distinct Gender Patterns in an Indonesian Population Compared with the U.S

Lawton, Ralph I.; Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Seeman, Teresa E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

In order to shed light on the biological and social drivers underlying the dramatic rise in cardiovascular disease risk in lower-income settings, links between these risks and body composition, behavioral and socioeconomic factors in Aceh, Indonesia, are contrasted with the United States. We...

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How Does Data Access Shape Science? Evidence from the Impact of U.S. Census's Research Data Centers on Economics Research

Nagaraj, Abhishek; Tranchero, Matteo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This study examines the impact of access to confidential administrative data on the rate, direction, and policy relevance of economics research. To study this question, we exploit the progressive geographic expansion of the U.S. Census Bureau's Federal Statistical Research Data Centers (FSRDCs)....

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Remote Work, Foreign Residents, and the Future of Global Cities

Guerreiro, João; Rebelo, Sérgio; Teles, Pedro - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

As remote work opportunities expand, more people are seeking residence in foreign destinations. The resulting surge in foreign residents generates capital gains for property owners but negatively impacts renters and creates potentially important production, congestion, and amenities...

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Valuing Excess Deaths Caused by Climate Change

Bressler, R. Daniel; Heal, Geoffrey - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Valuing deaths caused by climate change in Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) is complex and controversial, having caused disagreement and acrimony in past high-profile settings. Furthermore, it is of first order consequence to the value of the social cost of carbon (SCC). Despite this, the underlying...

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