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James W. Roberts

James W. Roberts

Professor of Economics
Economics
j.roberts@duke.edu
Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097
213G Social Sciences Building, Durham, NC 27708

Featured Works

How Acquisitions Affect Firm Behavior and Performance: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry

Journal article Quarterly Journal of Economics · February 1, 2020 Featured Publication Many industries have become increasingly concentrated through mergers and acquisitions, which in health care may have important consequences for spending and outcomes. Using a rich panel of Medicare claims data for nearly one million dialysis patients, we ... Full text Cite

Strategic Patient Discharge: the Case of Long-Term Care Hospitals.

Scholarly edition · November 2018 Featured Publication Medicare's prospective payment system for long-term acute-care hospitals (LTCHs) provides modest reimbursements at the beginning of a patient's stay before jumping discontinuously to a large lump-sum payment after a prespecified number of days. We show tha ... Full text Cite