Frank Sloan Profile Continued


Recent Research


Hospital Conversions (funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation); more information is available on the Center for Health Policy, Law and Management home page
Public Subsidies, Private Provision of Care, and Living Arrangements of the Elderly
Risk Perceptions, Information, and Smoking Decisions (funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation); more information is available on the Center for Health Policy, Law and Management home page
Effects of Strategic Behavior and Public Subsidies on Families' Savings and Long-Term Care Decisions

Selected Publications


"Do Smokers Respond to Health Shocks?" (with V.K. Smith, D. Taylor, F.R. Johnson, W. Desvousges), Review of Economics and Statistics, 2001
"Longevity Expectations and Death: Can People Predict Their Own Demise?" (with V.K. Smith, D. Taylor), AER 2001
"Liability, Risk Perceptions and Precautions at Bars" (with L. Liang and E. Stout), Journal of Law and Economics, 2000
Drinkers, Drivers, and Bartenders: Balancing Private Choices and Public Accountability (with E. Stout, K. Whetten-Goldstein, and L. Liang), University of Chicago Press, 2000.
"Effects of Admission to Teaching Hospitals on Cost and Quality of Care: Evidence from Medicare" (with D. Taylor and D. Whellan), The New England Journal of Medicine, 1999
"State Strategies to Reduce the Growing Number of Persons without Health Insurance" (with C. Conover and G. Picone), Regulation, 1999
"Private and Public Choices in End-of-Life Care" (with D. Taylor), The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1999
"Alternative Approaches to Valuing Intangible Health Losses: The Evidence for Multiple Sclerosis" (with K. Viscusi, H. Chesson, C. J. Conover, and K. Whetten-Goldstein), Journal of Health Economics, 1998
"Demand for Private Long-Term Care Insurance on Elderly Persons' Financial Decisions" (with E. Norton), Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1997
Medical Malpractice: External Influences and Controls, Law and Contemporary Problems (edited with T.B. Metzloff), Duke University Press, 1997
The Impact of Cost-Effectiveness on Public and Private Policies in Health Care: An International Perspective, Special Issue, Social Science and Medicine (with H. Grabowski), 1997
"The Supply of Children's Time to Disabled Elderly Parents" (with G. Picone and T.J. Hoerger), Economic Inquiry, 1997
"Tort Liability and Obstetricians' Care Levels" (with S. Entman, B. Reilly, C. Glass, G. Hickson, and H. Zhang), International Review of Law and Economics, 1997
"Demand for Private Long-Term Care Insurance on Elderly Persons Financial Decisions" (with E. Norton), Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1997
"Public Subsidies, Private Provision of Care, and Living Arrangements of the Elderly" (with T. Hoerger and G. Picone), Review of Economics and Statistics, 1996
"Why Do People Drink? Tests of the Rational Addiction Model" (with T. Waters), Applied Economics, 1995
"Effects of Tort Liability and Insurance on Heavy Drinking and Driving" (with B.A. Reilly and C. Schenzler), Journal of Law and Economics, 1995
"Tort Liability Versus Other Approaches for Deterring Careless Driving" (with B.A. Reilly and C. Schenzler), International Review of Law and Economics, 1994
Suing for Medical Malpractice (with P.B. Githens, E.W. Clayton, G.B. Hickson, D.A. Gentile, and D.F. Partlett), 1993
"Beyond Tort Reform: Developing Better Tools for Assessing Damages for Personal Injuries" (with J. Blumstein and R. Bovbjerg), Yale Journal on Regulation, 1991
"Uncertainty Information, and Resolution of Medical Malpratice Disputes" (with T. Hoerger), Journal of Risk and Uncertainty , 1991
Insuring Medical Malpractice (with R. Bovbjerg and P. Githens), 1991
"Cost and Compensation of Injuries" (with S. van Wert), Law and Contemporary Problems, 1991
"Loss Volatility, Bankruptcy and Insurer Demand for Reinsurance" (with T. Hoerger and M. Hassan), Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1990
"Experience Rating: Does It Make Sense for Medical Malpractice Insurance," American Economic Review, 1990
"The Demise of Hospital Philanthropy" (with T. Hoerger, M. Morrisey, and M. Hassan), Economic Inquiry, 1990
"Effects of Tort Reforms and Other Factors on Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums" (with S. Zuckerman and R. Bovbjerg), Inquiry, 1990
"Equity and Accuracy in Medical Malpractice Insurance Pricing" (with M. Hassan), Journal of Health Economics, 1990
"Hospital Investment Decisions and Cost of Capital" (with G.Wedig and M. Hassan), Journal of Business, 1989
"Valuing Life and Limb in Tort: Scheduling 'Pain and Suffering'" (with R. Bovbjerg and J. Blumstein), Northwestern University Law Review, 1989
"Capital Structure, Ownership, and Capital Payment Policy: The Case of Hospitals" (with G. Wedig, M. Hassan, and M. Morrisey), Journal of Finance, 1988
"Cost of Capital to the Hospital Sector, (with J. Valvona, M.Hassan, and M.A.Morrisey), Journal of Health Economics 1988
"Krankenhausfinanziering in Selbstverwaltung" (with C. Rosenberg), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 1988
"Estimation of Seemingly Unrelated Tobit Regressions via the EM Algorithm' (with C. Huang and K. Adamache), Joumal of Business and Economic Statistics, 1987
"Labor Market Segmentation: A Cluster Analysis of Job Groupings and Barriers to Entry" (with K. Anderson and J. S. Butler), Southern Economic Journal, 1984