A longstanding debate in health economics and health policy concerns how hospitals adjust prices with private insurers … following reductions in public funding. A common argument is that hospitals engage in some degree of "cost-shifting," wherein … hospitals increase prices with private insurers in response to a reduction in public payments; however, evidence of significant …

management practices and skills in hospitals across nine countries. We find that hospitals that are closer to universities …

Taiwan was perhaps the first developing country to adopt an export-oriented trade strategy after World War II. The …. In 1954, economist S. C. Tsiang proposed that Taiwan boost export earnings rather than squeeze import spending to deal … later, a leading policymaker, K. Y. Yin, fought for the adoption of Tsiang's proposal, helping clear the way for Taiwan …

use to the loss in farm income brought about by natural disasters in Taiwan. To account for endogenous exposure to …

compare the estimates with those obtained using data for Taiwan and find the results to be robust. We perform counterfactuals …