Very happy to release my new paper with Zack Cooper Stuart Craig Lev Klarnet: "Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the US Hospital Sector?" (zarekcb.github.io/HospitalMerger…) In open defiance of Betteridge's Law, our answer is "yes, absolutely." (thread below)

🚨 New paper alert! “Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the US Hospital Sector?” with Zarek Brot, Stuart Craig, and Lev Klarnet that’s forthcoming in American Economic Review: Insights. TLDR: Yes…there has been way too little enforcement. 🧵

“Rising Hospital Prices Hit Local Economies” New paper with Zarek Brot Stuart Craig Lev Klarnet, Ithai Lurie, and Corbin Miller out today. nber.org/papers/w32613?…

A big new paper with Zack Cooper Stuart Craig Lev Klarnet, Ithai Lurie, and Corbin Miller: "Who Pays for Rising Health Care Prices? Evidence from Hospital Mergers" nber.org/papers/w32613 With excellent recent WSJ coverage by Melanie Evans: wsj.com/health/healthc…

"Hospital mergers that lead to price increases cause middle-income workers outside the health care sector to lose jobs." Read Zarek Brot Zack Cooper Stuart Craig Lev Klarnet on the link between employer-sponsored health care + U.S. labor market outcomes. equitablegrowth.org/hospital-conso…

My new paper - Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the US Hospital Sector? - with Zarek Brot-Goldberg Stuart Craig & Lev Klarnet was just published in AER: Impact (AEA Journals). A Thread