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In many settings, prizes can be an efficient way of encouraging new breakthroughs.
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Today, I will be delivering the Eighth Annual Marshall J. Seidman Lecture on Health Policy at Harvard Medical School. (Here are the slides from my talk.) The title of the lecture is "New Ideas About Human Behavior in Economics and Medicine," and it builds upon a theme I have been speaking about over the past few months: that just as the field of economics suffered for ignoring psychology for too long, so too has much of medical science and health policy largely ignored the crucial role of expectations, beliefs, and norms.
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The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences announced its new members this morning. I'm quite honored to be included in this group -- along with Jose Escarce, who is on CBO's Panel of Health Advisers. I view my inclusion as testimony to what the outstanding CBO health staff has taught me about health care and health policy, and look forward to continuing to learn from them and other innovators in the field.
- Cost Estimate
Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 23, 2008
- Cost Estimate
Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 16, 2008
- Cost Estimate
Estimate of the direct spending and revenue effects of the bill as cleared by the Congress on September 27, 2008
- Cost Estimate
Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 16, 2008
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Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on September 25, 2008
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Yesterday's testimony on the effects of recent financial market turmoil on pension assets has generated a significant amount of interest, so I wanted to follow up on one topic: overinvestment in an employer's stock.
- Cost Estimate
Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natrual Resources on September 16, 2008