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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w17643 |
来源ID | Working Paper 17643 |
Regression Discontinuity Designs with an Endogenous Forcing Variable and an Application to Contracting in Health Care | |
Patrick Bajari; Han Hong; Minjung Park; Robert Town | |
发表日期 | 2011-12-08 |
出版年 | 2011 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Regression discontinuity designs (RDDs) are a popular method to estimate treatment effects. However, RDDs may fail to yield consistent estimates if the forcing variable can be manipulated by the agent. In this paper, we examine one interesting set of economic models with such a feature. Specifically, we examine the case where there is a structural relationship between the forcing variable and the outcome variable because they are determined simultaneously. We propose a modi...ed RDD estimator for such models and derive the conditions under which it is consistent. As an application of our method, we study contracts between a large managed care organization and leading hospitals for the provision of organ and tissue transplants. Exploiting "donut holes" in the reimbursement contracts we estimate how the total claims filed by the hospitals depend on the generosity of the reimbursement structure. Our results show that hospitals submit significantly larger bills when the reimbursement rate is higher, indicating informational asymmetries between the payer and hospitals in this market. |
主题 | Microeconomics ; Economics of Information ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Industrial Organization ; Market Structure and Firm Performance |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w17643 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/575318 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Patrick Bajari,Han Hong,Minjung Park,et al. Regression Discontinuity Designs with an Endogenous Forcing Variable and an Application to Contracting in Health Care. 2011. |
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