作者：Ridley, David B.; Lee, Chung-Ying
作者单位：Duke University; National Taiwan University
摘要：Medicare reimburses health care providers for the drugs they administer. Since 2005, it has reimbursed based on the past price of the drug. Reimbursement on past prices could motivate manufacturers to set higher launch prices because providers become less sensitive to price and because provider reimbursement is higher if past prices were higher. Using data on drug launch prices between 1999 and 2010, we estimate that reimbursement based on past prices caused launch prices to rise dramatically....
作者：Kumler, Todd; Verhoogen, Eric; Frias, Judith
作者单位：Cornerstone Research; Columbia University
摘要：Comparing two sources of wage data in Mexico-firms' reports to the social security agency and individuals' responses to a household survey-we document extensive underreporting of wages by formal firms, with compliance better in larger firms. We also present evidence that the 1997 Mexican pension reform, which tied pension benefits more closely to reported wages for younger workers, led to a relative decline in underreporting for younger age groups. The results suggest that giving employees inc...
