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
  • 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

    • 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.
    • Garrett, Daniel, Andrey Ordin, James W. Roberts, and Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato. “Tax Advantages and Imperfect Competition in Auctions for Municipal Bonds,” June 2017.
    • 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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