FRIDAY, MAY 6:

7:45 AM Shuttle Van from the Royal Sonesta to NBER

8:00 AM Shuttle Van from the Royal Sonesta to NBER

8:15 AM Continental Breakfast

8:45 AM MARTIN GAYNOR and WILLIAM B VOGT, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER

JIAN LI, Carnegie Mellon University

Is Drug Coverage a Free Lunch? Cross-Price Elasticities and the Design of Prescription Drug Benefits

9:35 AM TOMAS PHILIPSON, University of Chicago and NBER

DARIUS LAKDAWALLA, Rand Corporation and NBER

RICHARD WANG, Astrazenica

Advertising and Intellectual Property in the US Pharmaceutical Industry

10:25 AM Break

10:40 AM JOHN R. MORAN, Syracuse University

KOSALI ILAYPERUMA SIMON, Cornell University and NBER

Income and the Use of Prescription Drugs by the Elderly:

Evidence from the Notch Cohorts

11:30 AM JEFFREY DESIMONE, University of South Florida and NBER

EDWARD SCHUMACHER, Trinity University

Compensating Wage Differentials and AIDS Risk

12:20 PM Lunch

1:20 PM AMALIA R. MILLER, University of Virginia The Impact of Midwifery-Promoting Public Policies on Medical Interventions

and Health Outcomes

2:10 PM JANET CURRIE, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

MARK STABILE, University of Toronto and NBER

Child Mental Health and Human Capital Accumulation: The Case of ADHD

3:00 PM Adjourn

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