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An International Perspective of Japan's Corporate Groups and their Prospects

Yafeh, Yishay - 2002

This paper reviews the literature on corporate groups in Japan and elsewhere, and offers a comparison of Japan … groups in Japan since the mid-1970s. The main conclusions that emerge are that: 1. Empirical evidence on the economic roles … of corporate groups in Japan is limited. 2. Japanese groups are, in some respects, quite similar to groups in other …

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An Experimental Component Index for the CPI : From Annual Computer Data to Monthly Data on Other Goods

Erickson, Timothy - 2008

Until recently the Consumer Price Index consisted solely of "matched model" component indexes. The latter are constructed by BLS personnel who visit stores and compare prices of goods with the same set of characteristics over successive periods. This procedure is subject to a selection bias....

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What's So Special about China's Exports?

Rodrik, Dani - 2006

Much more than comparative advantage and free markets have been at play in shaping China's export success. Government policies have helped nurture domestic capabilities in consumer electronics and other advanced areas that would most likely not have developed in their absence. As a result, China...

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Alternative Cash Transfer Delivery Mechanisms : Impacts on Routine Preventative Health Clinic Visits in Burkina Faso

Akresh, Richard - 2012

We conducted a unique randomized experiment to estimate the impact of alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms on household demand for routine preventative health services in rural Burkina Faso. The two-year pilot program randomly distributed cash transfers that were either conditional or...

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The Technology of Birth : Is it Worth it?

Cutler, David M. - 1999

We evaluate the costs and benefits of increased medical spending for low birth weight infants. Lifetime spending on low birth weight babies increased by roughly $40,000 per birth between 1950 and 1990. The health improvements resulting from this have been substantial. Infant mortality rates fell...

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The Economics of Medical Procedure Innovation

Dranove, David; Garthwaite, Craig; Heard, R. Christopher; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This paper explores the economic incentives for medical procedure innovation. Using a proprietary dataset on billing code applications for emerging medical procedures, we highlight two mechanisms that could hinder innovation. First, the administrative hurdle of securing permanent, reimbursable...

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Technology Adoption and Market Allocation : The Case of Robotic Surgery

Horn, Danea; Sacarny, Adam; Zhou, R. Annetta - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

The adoption of healthcare technology is central to improving productivity in this sector. To provide new evidence on how technology affects healthcare markets, we focus on one area where adoption has been particularly rapid: surgery for prostate cancer. Over just six years, robotic surgery grew...

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Lobbying Physicians : Payments from Industry and Hospital Procurement of Medical Devices

Bergman, Alon; Grennan, Matthew; Swanson, Ashley - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We draw upon newly merged administrative data sets to study the relationship between payments from medical technology firms to physicians and medical device procurement by hospitals. These payments (and the interactions that accompany them) may facilitate the transfer of valuable information to...

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Evaluation of Medical Technologies with Uncertain Benefits

Lakdawalla, Darius N. - 2019

Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) remains the de-facto method of choice to evaluate and compare medical interventions. Standard approaches to CEA use the average (mean) outcomes from clinical effectiveness studies such as randomized controlled trials. This paper generalizes standard methods to...

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Firm Scope and Spillovers from New Product Innovation : Evidence from Medical Devices

Grennan, Matthew - 2018

When firms span related product categories, spillovers across categories become central to firm strategy and industrial policy, due to their potential to foreclose competition and affect innovation incentives. We exploit major new product innovations in one medical device category, and detailed...

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