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William B. VogtPittsburgh Office Senior Economist EducationPh.D. in economics, Stanford University |
Research Focus
Industrial organization of healthcare; microeconomics; applied econometrics; health insurance and labor market; pharmaceutical demand
RAND Research Areas
Recent Projects
- Effect of pharmaceutical co-payments on drug spending and other health care spending
- Effect of using instrumental variables in constructing propensity scores
- Measuring hospital competition
- Effect of health insurance market concentration on provider payment
- Effect of hospital ownership on entry and exit rates
Selected Publications
Abraham, J., Gaynor, M., and Vogt, W.B., "Entry and competition in local hospital markets", Journal of Industrial Economics, 55(2) 265-88, 2007
Abraham, J., Gaynor, M., and Vogt, W.B., "Household demand for employer-based health insurance", Inquiry, 43(4) 315-32, 2007
Gaynor, M., Li, J., and Vogt, W.B., "Substitution, Spending Offsets, and Prescription Drug Benefit Design", Forum for Health Economics and Policy, 10(2) 1-31, 2007
Vogt, W.B. and Town, R., "How has hospital consolidation affected the price and quality of hospital care?", Research Synthesis Report no. 9. Princeton, NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2006
Furgeson, J., Strauss, R.J., and Vogt, W.B., "The effects of defined benefit pension incentives and working conditions on teacher retirement decisions", Education Finance and Policy, 1(3) 316-48, 2006
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