We investigate the impact of HIE use at the visit-level on patient outcomes, such as future visit behavior and the number of procedures performed on the patient, and how the effects differ across patient and visit characteristics, e.g., whether a patient has chronic conditions and whether a...

The traditional measure of consumer surplus (CS) (willingness to pay minus price paid) is captured at the time the transaction takes place, implicitly assuming that actual quality received (ex-post) is identical to quality expected (ex-ante). However, when the exchange of goods does not occur...

Enabled by advances in information and communications technologies, open contests in online labor markets allow employers (individuals and companies of any size) to access a large pool of labor, thus creating an efficient alternative for sourcing labor globally with significantly lower costs...