Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Northwestern University 2009
  • M.A., Northwestern University 2005
  • B.A., Davidson College 2004
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Fred W. Shaffer Professor, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2016 - 2021
  • Associate Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014 - 2019
  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2010 - 2014
  • Lecturer, University, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2009
• Recognition
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  Awards & Honors

  • Researcher (NBER Family Members). National Bureau of Economic Research. 2012
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Joint Ventures in Dialysis Care: Improving Coordination or Enabling Market Power? awarded by Washington Center for Equitable Growth 2021 - 2023
  • Vertical Integration of Specialty Physician Practices and the Association with Private Equity Acquisition of Short-term Acute Care Hospitals awarded by National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation 2022
  • The Influences of Market Power, Mergers, and Provider Incentives on the Cost and Quality of Healthcare: The Case of Dialysis awarded by  National Science Foundation 2019 - 2022
  • Information Policy for the Development of U.S. Shale Gas Resource: Property Rights, Leases, Competition and Regulation awarded by  National Science Foundation 2016 - 2020
  • Summer Internship Gift from Jessica Jennifer Cohen Foundation awarded by Jessica Jennifer Cohen Foundation 2019
  • Extending Entry Models, With Applications to Mergers, Bailouts, Entry Deterrence and Procurement awarded by  National Science Foundation 2013 - 2018
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Garrett, Daniel, Andrey Ordin, James W. Roberts, and Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato. “Tax Advantages and Imperfect Competition in Auctions for Municipal Bonds.” The Review of Economic Studies, June 16, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdac035.
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    • Bhattacharya, V., A. Ordin, and J. W. Roberts. “Bidding and Drilling under Uncertainty: An Empirical Analysis of Contingent Payment Auctions.” Journal of Political Economy 130, no. 5 (May 1, 2022): 1319–63. https://doi.org/10.1086/718916.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Kelly Yang, Karen E. Joynt Maddox, Ryan C. McDevitt, James W. Roberts, and Anaeze C. Offodile. “Association Between Hospital Private Equity Acquisition and Outcomes of Acute Medical Conditions Among Medicare Beneficiaries.” Jama Network Open 5, no. 4 (April 2022): e229581. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9581.
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    • Li, S., J. Mazur, Y. Park, J. Roberts, A. Sweeting, and J. Zhang. “Repositioning and market power after airline mergers.” Rand Journal of Economics 53, no. 1 (March 1, 2022): 166–99. https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.12404.
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    • League, Riley J., Paul Eliason, Ryan C. McDevitt, James W. Roberts, and Heather Wong. “Variability in Prices Paid for Hemodialysis by Employer-Sponsored Insurance in the US From 2012 to 2019.” Jama Network Open 5, no. 2 (February 2022): e220562. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0562.
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    • Cerullo, Marcelo, Kelly Kaili Yang, James Roberts, Ryan C. McDevitt, and Anaeze C. Offodile. “Private Equity Acquisition And Responsiveness To Service-Line Profitability At Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals.” Health Affairs (Project Hope) 40, no. 11 (November 2021): 1697–1705. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00541.
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    • Eliason, P. J., B. Heebsh, R. C. McDevitt, and J. W. Roberts. “How Acquisitions Affect Firm Behavior and Performance: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 135, no. 1 (February 1, 2020): 221–67. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjz034.
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    • Li, Ying, Lawrence Mazur, Yongjoon Park, James W. Roberts, Andrew Sweeting, and Jun Zhang. “Endogenous and Selective Service Choices after Airline Mergers,” January 2018.
    • Roberts, J. W., and A. Sweeting. “Bailouts and the preservation of competition: The case of the federal timber contract payment modification act.” American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 8, no. 3 (January 1, 2016): 257–88. https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.20150070.
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    • Bhattacharya, Vivek, James W. Roberts, and Andrew Sweeting. “Regulating bidder participation in auctions.” The Rand Journal of Economics 45, no. 4 (December 2014): 675–704. https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.12067.
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    • Mcdevitt, R. C., and J. W. Roberts. “Market structure and gender disparity in health care: Preferences, competition, and quality of care.” Rand Journal of Economics 45, no. 1 (March 1, 2014): 116–39. https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.12044.
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    • Roberts, J. W. “Unobserved heterogeneity and reserve prices in auctions.” Rand Journal of Economics 44, no. 4 (December 1, 2013): 712–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.12038.
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    • Roberts, James W., and Andrew Sweeting. “When Should Sellers Use Auctions?” American Economic Review 103, no. 5 (August 2013): 1830–61. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.103.5.1830.
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  • Other Articles

    • Bayer, P., K. Mangum, and J. W. Roberts. “Speculative Fever: Investor Contagion in the Housing Bubble.” Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (Erid), February 1, 2016.
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    • Bayer, P. J., C. Geissler, K. Mangum, and J. W. Roberts. “Speculators and Middlemen: The Strategy and Performance of Investors in the Housing Market.” Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (Erid) Working Paper, January 13, 2015.
    • Bayer, Patrick, Kyle Mangum, and James Roberts. “Speculative Fever: Contagion in the Housing Bubble.” The American Economic Review. American Economic Association, n.d.

  • Scholarly Editions

    • Sweeting, A., J. W. Roberts, and C. Gedge. “A model of dynamic limit pricing with an application to the airline industry,” March 1, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1086/704760.
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    • Bayer, P., C. Geissler, K. Mangum, and J. W. Roberts. “Speculators and middlemen: The strategy and performance of investors in the housing market,” January 1, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/RFS/HHAA042.
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    • Eliason, Paul J., Paul L. E. Grieco, Ryan C. McDevitt, and James W. Roberts. “Strategic Patient Discharge: the Case of Long-Term Care Hospitals.,” November 2018. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20170092.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • HLTHPOL 396T: Bass Connections Health Policy & Innovation Research Team 2022
  • HLTHPOL 796T: Bass Connections Health Policy & Innovation Research Team 2022
  • ECON 204D: Econometrics and Data Science 2021
  • ECON 951S: Applied Microeconomics Research 2021
  • HLTHPOL 395T: Health Policy & Innovation Research Team 2021
  • HLTHPOL 795T: Bass Connections Health Policy & Innovation Research Team 2021
  • ECON 208D: Introduction to Econometrics 2020
  • ECON 493: Honors Research Independent Study 2020
  • ECON 799: Internship 2020
  • ECON 951S: Applied Microeconomics Research 2020
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Bass Connections Team Leader. Understanding Variations in Hospital Costs in Support of Value-Based Care Decisions. 2021 - 2022  2021 - 2022

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