Welcome
Tim McBride, Ph.D.
St. Louis University
Interest Group Chair

1:05-1:40 p.m.

Alcohol Availability and Alcohol Consumption: New Evidence from Ontario’s “Blue Law” Repeal

Presenter:
Christopher Carpenter, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
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Co-Author:
Daniel Eisenberg, Ph.D.

Discussant:
Dan Polsky, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania

Social Security Income and Elderly Mortality

Presenter:
Cristian Meghea, Ph.D.
American College of Radiology
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Discussant:
Tom Buchmueller, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
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2:15-2:50 p.m.

Does College Education Impact Health? Evidence from the Pre-Lottery Vietnam Draft

Presenter:
Bo MacInnis, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
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Discussant:
Kosali Simon, Ph.D.
Cornell University

2:50- 3:10 p.m.

Networking Break

3:10- 3:45 p.m.

Experience Goods and Expectational Traps: Bounded Rationality and Consumer Behavior in Markets for Medical Care

Presenter:
Brian Elbel, M.P.H.
Yale University
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Co-Authors:
David Stuckler, B.A.
Mark Schlesinger, Ph.D.

Discussant:
Rich Lindrooth, Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina

The Employment Effect of Antidepressants on Women Living with HIV in the United States: Evidence from the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS), 1994-2004

Presenter:
Omar Galarraga, M.A.
Johns Hopkins University

Co-Authors:
David S. Salkever, Ph.D.
Stephen J. Gange, Ph.D.
Judith A. Cook, Ph.D.
Alvaro Munoz, Ph.D.

Discussant:
Jalpa Doshi, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania

Managed Care and Medicare Expenditures

Presenter:
Philip DeCicca, Ph.D.
McMaster University
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Co-Authors:
Michael Chernew, Ph.D.
Robert Town, Ph.D.

Discussant:
Will White, Ph.D.
Cornell University

Interest Group Business Meeting

• 2005 Survey of Economists: Analysis of Current Policy Questions and the Role of Health Economists in the Policy Process

Mike Morrisey, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Governance Plan and 2006-2007 Activities

Tim McBride, Ph.D.
St. Louis University