I'm happy to share the release of a new BE Economic Issues paper: "An Atlas of US Physician Practice Choice and Firm Structure: 2015-2020, for Selected States from the FTC Physician and Facility Merger Study." www.ftc.gov/reports/atla....

An Atlas of US Physician Practice Choice and Firm Structure: 2015-2020, for Selected States from the FTC Physician and Facility Merger Study

In this paper, we describe US physician practices using data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s Physician Practice and Healthcare Facility Merger Study.

ftc.gov

I'm happy to share the pre-publication release of my paper "You'd Be Hard to Replace: Provider Competition in Narrow Network Insurance Markets" with Chris Lau and Sam Kleiner in IJIO. Temporary free link here; download and cite today: authors.elsevier.com/a/1miWv_3q41...

For folks with on the market or for folks with folks on the market. We are looking to hire this year. Feel free to reach out with questions about the job (good), research opportunities (really good) or other aspects of being in DC (lots of different ways to live here).

Matthew Thomas@matthewthom.as · 9mo ago

The Federal Trade Commission is hiring PhD Economists (very late, because shutdown)! Please repost/quote so JMCs can see. - no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400 - some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300 - much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000 #Economics #EconSky

Translated into economics: Taking sabbatical at TSE

Iron Chef Bot@ironchefbot.bsky.social · 11mo ago

If they make DeBoer a Senator do they have to pay the buy-out?

TW@twesq.bsky.social · last yr.

@edsbs.bsky.social @celebrityhottub.bsky.social I think y’all should see these questions I got after opting into a Republican survey in Alabama.

New work out using data collected via the Physician and Facility merger 6b. We find 2,000 mergers, across different specialties. There are a number of serial acquirers (some made more than 20 acquisitions); we also document health system involvement (about 40 percent of the mergers). t.co/EWSlOFP9ew

Anyone in the NYC area (or willing to go there), here’s a great way to spend a day. If you’ve seen the paper before, I promise you at least one (1) new result.

Adam Sacarny@asacarny.bsky.social · last yr.

NYC Health Econ Day is coming May 9 @ NYU Wagner! We'll have 6 great papers + lots of time to chat. Folks in the greater NYC area are invited! RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... More info: www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-s... Organizers: @ambond.bsky.social, Mike Dickstein, Jessica Van Parys + me

A life in economics as interpreted through Iron Chef, a thread. “… However, I don’t think there is enough of a contribution for a general interest journal.”

Iron Chef Bot@ironchefbot.bsky.social · last yr.

Does this make him more iconic in your eyes? @economeager.bsky.social

Dime@dimeuproxx.bsky.social · 2y ago

Timothee Chalamet really does know ball. (via landryfields / Twitter)

Cc @economeager.bsky.social

Ryan Nanni@celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 2y ago

Reality is indistinguishable from parody

Me, when I try to do Warrior Pose for the first time in a while.

Jason Kirk@jasonkirk.fyi · 2y ago

I need someone to explain the monetary economics behind Wicked before I consider seeing it in a theatre.

Gentzkow, Shapiro and Sinkinson (2014)

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2y ago

If I take a step back and think about it, it actually makes perfect sense we would end up with a right coded social media platform and a left coded one.