This paper examines how physicians in China respond to a pay-for-performance scheme that mismeasures performance. In 2005, China imposed a policy that penalizes hospitals with high drug sale percentage in the total revenue, with the intent to decrease drug expenditure. Using a unique...

Prior literature on quality disclosure focuses on whether information provision affects consumer choice. This paper extends this research and explores whether information presentation affects consumer responsiveness in the context of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) reports. I find that...

We examine consumers’ use of publicized quality information in Medicare home health care, a setting where consumer prices, travel costs, and service bundles do not vary across providers. This setting offers an opportunity to better isolate how consumers react to quality information independent...