Great report on research examining the effects of stealth consolidation. One quote especially stood out to me: "A spokeswoman for DaVita said that as the industry has consolidated over the past 15 years, dialysis patient mortality has decreased by 30%" wsj.com/articles/how-s…

#EconTwitter I'd be very grateful if you could retweet and share widely. Owen Zidar (Owen Zidar), Henrik Kleven and I are hiring full-time RAs for academic year 2020-2021. Apply at this link: research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/10893/sen…

Recently accepted by #QJE: “How Acquisitions Affect Firm Behavior and Performance: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry,” by Eliason (Paul Eliason), Heebsh (@benjaminheebsh), McDevitt (Ryan McDevitt), and Roberts: economics.harvard.edu/files/economic…

Proud of this one. Please check out all of the other great work Paul Eliason is doing at BYU Economics: sites.google.com/view/pauljelia… And please look out for Duke Economics PhD student @benjaminheebsh on the job market this year: benjaminheebsh.com

Great coverage of our work by Michael Hiltzik in today's Los Angeles Times cc: Paul Eliason @benjaminheebsh jimmyroberts latimes.com/business/story…

The draft report is currently available + is a priority on my reading list Thank you Paul Eliason @benjaminheebsh + Ryan McDevitt for your important work "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it" George Santayana cc Sandeep Patel WSJ Health Christopher Rowland

#QJE Feb 2020 #5: “How Acquisitions Affect Firm Behavior and Performance: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry,” by Eliason (Paul Eliason), Heebsh (@benjaminheebsh), McDevitt (Ryan McDevitt), and Roberts: doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…

Honored to see my work with Paul Eliason, @benjaminheebsh, and Jimmy Roberts cited by FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson in her joint statement with Commissioner Rohit Chopra: economics.harvard.edu/files/economic…

Taylor Swift as econ textbooks:

4) Paul Eliason, @benjaminheebsh, Ryan McDevitt, & James Roberts study how the acquisition of independent dialysis facilities by larger chains affects patient treatment decisions and health outcomes academic.oup.com/qje/article/13… [I'll give a favorite again this year; this is it]

Simply an honor... thanks!

I have a paper on the economics of corporate name changes (they're usually trying to hide from past misdeeds): aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Just posted a new NBER working paper with Ryan McDevitt, Paul Eliason, Jetson, and Jimmy Roberts on a lucrative fraud scheme, how the government tried to combat it, and what we can learn from it 🧵nber.org/papers/w29491

Images from my talk at NBER HE yesterday

The real joke is on the math haters, who helped me get 75k views on Theorem 2 from my job market paper.