Do Bad Report Cards Have Consequences? Impacts of Publicly Reported Provider Quality Information on the CABG Market in Pennsylvania

We would like to thank the Martindale Center at Lehigh University for their generous support of this research. We would like to thank Mary Beth Deily, Thomas Hyclak and participants at the Lehigh University Economics seminar for helpful comments and suggestions.

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