Reposted by Stuart CraigHealth Care Affordability Lab at Yale @yalehealthlab.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Since 2000, there have been > 1,300 mergers among the nation's approximately 5,000 hospitals. The FTC took enforcement action against just 13 of them. Use our interactive to see hospital consolidation across the country over the last two decades: markets.healthcareaffordabilitylab.org/introduction 163
Reposted by Stuart CraigTradeoffs @tradeoffs.org · 06/12/2024And @zarekcb.bsky.social @zackcooper.bsky.social @stuartcraig.bsky.social and Lev Klarnet penned an article about anti-trust enforcement in the hospital sector in @aeajournals.bsky.social 🔗 www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...aeaweb.orgIs There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the US Hospital Sector?(December 2024) - From 2002 to 2020, there were over 1,000 mergers of US hospitals. During this period, the FTC took enforcement actions against 13 transactions. However, using the FTC's standard scre... 141
Reposted by Stuart CraigShosh Vasserman @shoshievass.bsky.social · 03/10/2024I'm hiring a pre-doc to work with me on empirical IO/applied micro projects starting in Fall '25! Details below and instructions here: shoshanavasserman.com/call_for_pre... International students (who need J1) are welcome & non-econ bgs are fine given interest + curiosity. Please apply :) 11011
Stuart Craig @stuartcraig.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Playing around with chatgpt and this feels like the indicator that there's nothing "i" about ai. It's just telling you what it think you want to hear. Come up with your own ideas. 040