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Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences4th Workshop in Behavioral and Experimental Health Economics

Workshop Program

Workshop program as pdf.

Thursday, December 8th, 2016

08:00 - 08:30Registration
08:30 - 09:00
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Welcome and introduction to the workshop by Werner Mellis (Dean of the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences) and organizers

Session I: Provider Behavior

Chair: Heike Hennig-Schmidt (University of Bonn)
09:00 - 09:55
James C. Cox (Georgia State University)
Fit as a Fiddle or Sick as a Dog: Effects of Subjective Patient Reports on Uptake of Clinical Decision Support
(Discussant: Robert Nuscheler)
09:55 - 10:25Coffee break
10:25 - 11:20
Ben Greiner (WU Vienna)
Aligning Incentives of Physicians: An Experimental Study of Two-part Tariffs and
Separation of Prescription and Treatment in Health Care Markets
(Discussant: Johanna Kokot)
11:20 - 12:15
Christian Waibel (ETH Zurich)
Kickbacks, Referrals, and Efficiency in Health Care Markets: Experimental Evidence
(Discussant: Emil Persson)
12:15 - 13:45Lunch (at conference site)

Session II: Special CEAR Session on Health Risks

Chair: Glenn Harrison (Georgia State University)
13:45 - 14:40
Arthur Attema (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Measuring Uncertainty Preferences for Health
(Discussant: Ariadna García-Prado)
14:40 - 15:10Coffee break
15:10 - 16:05
Kim van Wilgenburg (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Do (Non-standard) Risk and Time Preferences Explain Health Insurance Enrollment?
(Discussant: Antoine Nebout)
16:05 - 17:00
Glenn Harrison (Georgia State University)
Psychiatric Measures of Gambling Problems in the General Population:
A Reconsideration
(Discussant: Robert Böhm)

Short Paper Presentation Session

17:00 - 18:00
18:00 - 18:45Poster presentation and reception
19:30 - 23:00Conference dinner

Friday, December 9th, 2016

Session III: Competition

Chair: Iris Kesternich (KU Leuven)
09:00 - 09:55
Geir Godager (University of Oslo)
Altruism and Competition: An Experiment
(Discussant: Iris Kesternich)
09:55 - 10:25Coffee break
10:25 - 11:20
Jeanette Brosig-Koch (University of Duisburg-Essen)
The Effects of Competition on Medical Service Provision
(Discussant: Léontine Goldzahl)
11:20 - 12:15
Nadja Kairies-Schwarz (University of Duisburg-Essen)
Quality Competition and Hospital Mergers: An Experiment
(Discussant: Alastair Irvine)
12:15 - 13:45Lunch (at conference site)

Session IV: Information and Preferences

Chair: Peter Zweifel (University of Zurich)
13:45 - 14:40
Felix Gottschalk (ETH Zurich)
Health Services as Credence Goods: A Field Experiment
(Discussant: Sheheryar Banuri)
14:40 - 15:35
Verity Watson (University of Aberdeen)
Using Commitment to Improve Choice Experiment Survey Responses
(Discussant: Andre Hofmeyr)
15:35 - 16:00Coffee break

Panel Discussion

16:00 - 17:00

Topic: Surveys Versus Incentivized Experiments?

with James C. Cox (Georgia State University), Matteo M. Galizzi (LSE), Glenn Harrison (Georgia State University), and Peter Zweifel (University of Zurich)

17:00 - 17:30Closing remarks and end of workshop