Externalities from Medical Innovation: Evidence from Organ Transplantation

We have received no funding for this work. We report no material and relevant financial relationships. We thank Todd Elder, David Howard, Robert Kaestner, Mario Macis, Neeraj Sood, Eli Liebman, and participants of the ASHEcon 2023 conference and the Georgia State University Brown Bag seminar series for helpful comments, and Ben Mosier for his research assistance. The data reported here were supplied by the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) as the contractor for the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). The interpretation and reporting of these data are the responsibility of the author(s) and in no way should be seen as an official policy of, or interpretation by, the SRTR or the U.S. government. More information on how to obtain the SRTR Standard Analysis Files can be found at the following website: https://www.srtr.org/requesting-srtr-data/data-requests/ The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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