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Frank Allen Sloan

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Working papers

  1. Ahmed Khwaja & Dan Silverman & Frank Sloan, 2006. "Time Preference, Time Discounting, and Smoking Decisions," NBER Working Papers 12615, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Philip J. Cook & Jan Ostermann & Frank A. Sloan, 2005. "Are Alcohol Excise Taxes Good For Us? Short and Long-Term Effects on Mortality Rates," NBER Working Papers 11138, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  3. Frank A. Sloan & Justin G. Trogdon, 2004. "Litigation and the Political Clout of the Tobacco Companies: Cigarette Taxes, Prices, and the Master Settlement Agreement," HEW 0411002, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]

  4. Arcidiacono, Peter & Sieg, Holger & Sloan, Frank, 2002. "Living Rationally Under the Volcano?
    An Empirical Analysis of Heavy Drinking and Smoking    ," Working Papers 02-30, Duke University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

  5. Peter Arcidiacono & Holger Sieg & Frank Sloan, 2001. "Living Rationally Under the Volcano? An Empirical Analysis of Heavy Drinking and Smoking," NBER Working Papers 8602, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Smith, V. Kerry & Taylor, Donald H., Jr. & Sloan, Frank A., 2000. "Longevity Expectations and Death: Can People Predict Their Own Demise?," Working Papers 00-15, Duke University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Smith, V. Kerry & Taylor, Donald H., Jr. & Sloan, Frank A. & Johnson, F. Reed & Desvousges, William H., 2000. "Do Smokers Respond to Health Shocks?," Working Papers 00-08, Duke University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  8. Frank A. Sloan & Gabriel A. Picone & Donald H. Taylor, Jr. & Shin-Yi Chou, 1999. "Does Where You Are Admitted Make a Difference? An Analysis of Medicare Data," NBER Working Papers 6896, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  9. Frank A. Sloan & Gabriel A. Picone & Donald H. Taylor, Jr. & Shin-Yi Chou, 1998. "Hospital Ownership and Cost and Quality of Care: Is There a Dime's Worth of Difference?," NBER Working Papers 6706, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  10. Sloan, Frank A. & Thomas J. Hoerger & Gabriel Picone, 1996. "Effects of Strategic Behavior and Public Subsidies on Families' Savings and Long-Term Care Decisions," Working Papers 96-01, Duke University, Department of Economics.

  11. Sloan, Frank & Entman, Stephen S. & Reilly, Bridget A. & Cheryl A. Glass & Gerald B. Hickson & Harold H. Zhang, 1995. "Tort Liability and Obstetricians' Care Levels," Working Papers 95-07, Duke University, Department of Economics.
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  12. Sloan, Frank & Gabriel Picone & Thomas J. Hoerger, 1995. "The Supply of Children's Time to Disabled Elderly Parents," Working Papers 95-46, Duke University, Department of Economics.
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  13. Hoerger, Thomas J. & Picone, Gabriel & Sloan, Frank, 1995. "Public Subsidies, Private Provision of Care, and Living Arrangements of the Elderly," Working Papers 95-22, Duke University, Department of Economics.
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  14. Sloan, Frank & Harold H. Zhang, 1995. "Upstream Intergenerational Transfers," Working Papers 95-15, Duke University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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Articles

  1. Khwaja, Ahmed & Silverman, Dan & Sloan, Frank & Wang, Yang, 2009. "Are mature smokers misinformed?," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 385-397, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  2. Ahmed Khwaja & Frank Sloan & Yang Wang, 2009. "Do Smokers Value Their Health and Longevity Less?," Journal of Law & Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 52(1), pages 171-196, 02. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  3. Sloan, Frank A. & Shadle, John H., 2009. "Is there empirical evidence for "Defensive Medicine"? A reassessment," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 481-491, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  4. Khwaja, Ahmed & Silverman, Dan & Sloan, Frank & Wang, Yang, 2007. "Smoking, wealth accumulation and the propensity to plan," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 94(1), pages 96-103, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  5. Ahmed Khwaja & Frank Sloan & Sukyung Chung, 2007. "The relationship between individual expectations and behaviors: Mortality expectations and smoking decisions," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 35(2), pages 179-201, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  6. Khwaja, Ahmed & Silverman, Dan & Sloan, Frank, 2007. "Time preference, time discounting, and smoking decisions," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 26(5), pages 927-949, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. Peter Arcidiacono & Holger Sieg & Frank Sloan, 2007. "Living Rationally Under The Volcano? An Empirical Analysis Of Heavy Drinking And Smoking," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 48(1), pages 37-65, 02. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  8. Justin G. Trogdon & Frank A. Sloan, 2006. "Cigarette Taxes and the Master Settlement Agreement," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 44(4), pages 729-739, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  9. Ahmed Khwaja & Frank Sloan & Sukyung Chung, 2006. "The Effects of Spousal Health on the Decision to Smoke: Evidence on Consumption Externalities, Altruism and Learning Within the Household," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 32(1), pages 17-35, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  10. Khwaja, Ahmed & Sloan, Frank & Salm, Martin, 2006. "Evidence on preferences and subjective beliefs of risk takers: The case of smokers," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 24(4), pages 667-682, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  11. Khwaja, Ahmed & Sloan, Frank & Chung, Sukyung, 2006. "Learning about individual risk and the decision to smoke," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 24(4), pages 683-699, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  12. Philip J. Cook & Jan Ostermann & Frank A. Sloan, 2005. "The Net Effect of an Alcohol Tax Increase on Death Rates in Middle Age," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(2), pages 278-281, May. [Downloadable!]

  13. Sloan, Frank A. & Trogdon, Justin G. & Mathews, Carrie A., 2005. "Litigation and the value of tobacco companies," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 24(3), pages 427-447, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  14. Liang, Lan & Sloan, Frank A. & Stout, Emily M., 2004. "Precaution, compensation, and threats of sanction: the case of alcohol servers," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 24(1), pages 49-69, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  15. Gabriel A. Picone & Frank Sloan & Justin G. Trogdon, 2004. "The effect of the tobacco settlement and smoking bans on alcohol consumption," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(10), pages 1063-1080. [Downloadable!]

  16. Gabriel Picone & Frank Sloan & Donald Taylor, 2004. "Effects of Risk and Time Preference and Expected Longevity on Demand for Medical Tests," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 28(1), pages 39-53, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  17. Gabriel Picone & Derek Brown & Frank Sloan & Paul Lee, 2004. "Do Routine Eye Exams Improve Vision?," International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 4(1), pages 43-63, 03. [Downloadable!]

  18. Gabriel A. Picone & Frank A. Sloan & Shin-Yi Chou & Donald H. Taylor, 2003. "Does Higher Hospital Cost Imply Higher Quality of Care?," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 85(1), pages 51-62, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  19. Gabriel Picone & Frank Sloan, 2003. "Smoking Cessation and Lifestyle Changes," Forum for Health Economics & Policy, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 6(1), pages 1048-1048. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  20. Frank A. Sloan & Jingshu Wang & Harold H. Zhang, 2002. "Upstream Intergenerational Transfers," Southern Economic Journal, Southern Economic Association, vol. 69(2), pages 363-380, October.
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  21. Sloan, Frank A. & Smith, V. Kerry & Taylor, Donald Jr., 2002. "Information, addiction, and 'bad choices': lessons from a century of cigarettes," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 77(2), pages 147-155, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  22. Perreira, Krista M & Sloan, Frank A, 2002. " Living Healthy and Living Long: Valuing the Nonpecuniary Loss from Disability and Death," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 24(1), pages 5-29, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  23. Gabriel Picone & Shin-Yi Chou & Frank Sloan, 2002. "Are For-Profit Hospital Conversions Harmful to Patients and to Medicare?," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 33(3), pages 507-523, Autumn.

  24. Frank Sloan, 2002. "Hospital Ownership Conversions: Defining the Appropriate Public Oversight Role," Forum for Health Economics & Policy, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 5(1), pages 1031-1031. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  25. Danzon, Patricia & Sloan, Frank, 2001. "Comments on "The Assault on Managed Care: Vicarious Liability, ERISA Preemption, and Class Actions."," Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 30(2), pages 661-68, June.

  26. Sloan, Frank A. & Picone, Gabriel A. & TaylorJr., Donald H. & Chou, Shin-Yi, 2001. "Hospital ownership and cost and quality of care: is there a dime's worth of difference?," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 1-21, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  27. Gabriel Picone & Frank Sloan, 2001. "How Costly Are Smokers to Other People? Longitudinal Evidence on the Near Elderly," Forum for Health Economics & Policy, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 4(1), pages 1021-1021. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  28. V. Kerry Smith & Donald H. Taylor & Frank A. Sloan & F. Reed Johnson & William H. Desvousges, 2001. "Do Smokers Respond To Health Shocks?," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 83(4), pages 675-687, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  29. V. Kerry Smith & Donald H. Taylor Jr. & Frank A. Sloan, 2001. "Longevity Expectations and Death: Can People Predict Their Own Demise?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 91(4), pages 1126-1134, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  30. Sloan, Frank A, et al, 2000. "Liability, Risk Perceptions, and Precautions at Bars," Journal of Law & Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 43(2), pages 473-501, October.

  31. Sloan, Frank A. & Kip Viscusi, W. & Chesson, Harrell W. & Conover, Christopher J. & Whetten-Goldstein, Kathryn, 1998. "Alternative approaches to valuing intangible health losses: the evidence for multiple sclerosis1," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 17(4), pages 475-497, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  32. Sloan, Frank A & Norton, Edward C, 1997. "Adverse Selection, Bequests, Crowding Out, and Private Demand for Insurance: Evidence from the Long-Term Care Insurance Market," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 201-19, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  33. Sloan, Frank A & Picone, Gabriel & Hoerger, Thomas J, 1997. "The Supply of Children's Time to Disabled Elderly Parents," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 35(2), pages 295-308, April.
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  34. Sloan, Frank A. & Entman, Stephen S. & Reilly, Bridget A. & Glass, Cheryl A. & Hickson, Gerald B. & Zhang, Harold H., 1997. "Tort liability and obstetricians' care levels," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 245-260, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  35. Hoerger, Thomas J & Picone, Gabriel A & Sloan, Frank A, 1996. "Public Subsidies, Private Provision of Care and Living Arrangements of the Elderly," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 78(3), pages 428-40, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  36. Sloan, Frank A & Reilly, Bridget A & Schenzler, Christoph, 1995. "Effects of Tort Liability and Insurance on Heavy Drinking and Drinking and Driving," Journal of Law & Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 38(1), pages 49-77, April.

  37. Waters, Teresa M & Sloan, Frank A, 1995. "Why Do People Drink? Tests of the Rational Addiction Model," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 27(8), pages 727-36, August.

  38. Sloan, Frank A. & Reilly, Bridget A. & Schenzler, Christoph M., 1994. "Tort liability versus other approaches for deterring careless driving," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 14(1), pages 53-71, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  39. Sloan, Frank A., 1992. "Adverse selection: Does it preclude a competitive health insurance market?," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 11(3), pages 353-356, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  40. Sloan, Frank A & Hoerger, Thomas J, 1991. " Uncertainty, Information and Resolution of Medical Malpractice Disputes," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 4(4), pages 403-23, December.

  41. Sloan, Frank A, et al, 1990. "The Demise of Hospital Philanthropy," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 28(4), pages 725-43, October.

  42. Hoerger, Thomas J & Sloan, Frank A & Hassan, Mahmud, 1990. " Loss Volatility, Bankruptcy, and the Demand for Reinsurance," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 3(3), pages 221-45, September.

  43. Sloan, Frank A. & Hassan, Mahmud, 1990. "Equity and accuracy in medical malpractice insurance pricing," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 9(3), pages 289-319, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  44. Sloan, Frank A, 1990. "Experience Rating: Does It Make Sense for Medical Malpractice Insurance," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 80(2), pages 128-33, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  45. Wedig, Gerard J & Hassan, Mahmud & Sloan, Frank A, 1989. "Hospital Investment Decisions and the Cost of Capital," Journal of Business, University of Chicago Press, vol. 62(4), pages 517-37, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  46. Sloan, Frank A. & Valvona, Joseph & Hassan, Mahmud & Morrisey, Michael A., 1988. "Cost of capital to the hospital sector," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 7(1), pages 25-45, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  47. Huang, Cliff J & Sloan, Frank A & Adamache, Killard W, 1987. "Estimation of Seemingly Unrelated Tobit Regressions via the EM Algorithm," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 5(3), pages 425-30, July.

  48. Sloan, Frank A. & Valvona, Joseph & Perrin, James M. & Adamache, Killard W., 1986. "Diffusion of surgical technology : An exploratory study," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 5(1), pages 31-61, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  49. Becker, Edmund R & Sloan, Frank A, 1985. "Hospital Ownership and Performance," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 23(1), pages 21-36, January.

  50. Sloan, Frank A., 1984. "Hospital rate review: A theory and an empirical review," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 3(1), pages 83-86, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  51. Frank A. Sloan & Killard W. Adamache, 1984. "The role of unions in hospital cost inflation," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 37(2), pages 252-262, January.

  52. Adamache, Killard W. & Sloan, Frank A., 1983. "Competition between non-profit and for-profit health insurers," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 2(3), pages 225-243, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  53. Sloan, Frank A. & Feldman, Roger D. & Steinwald, A. Bruce, 1983. "Effects of teaching on hospital costs," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 2(1), pages 1-28, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  54. Sloan, Frank A, 1982. "Government and the Regulation of Hospital Care," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 72(2), pages 196-201, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  55. Adamache, Killard W. & Sloan, Frank A., 1982. "Unions and hospitals : Some unresolved issues," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 1(1), pages 81-108, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  56. Sloan, Frank A, 1981. "Regulation and the Rising Cost of Hospital Care," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 63(4), pages 479-87, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  57. Roger Feldman & Frank Sloan & Lynn Paringer, 1981. "Compensation Arrangements Between Hospitals and Physicians," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 12(1), pages 155-170, Spring. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  58. Sloan, Frank A & Steinwald, Bruce, 1980. "Effects of Regulation on Hospital Costs and Input Use," Journal of Law & Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 23(1), pages 81-109, April.

  59. Sloan, Frank A & Lorant, John H, 1977. "The Role of Waiting Time: Evidence from Physicians' Practices," Journal of Business, University of Chicago Press, vol. 50(4), pages 486-507, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  60. Frank A. Sloan, 1975. "Physician supply behavior in the short run," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 28(4), pages 549-569, July.

  61. Steinwald, Bruce & Sloan, Frank A, 1974. "Determinants of Physicians' Fees," Journal of Business, University of Chicago Press, vol. 47(4), pages 493-511, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  62. Frank A. Sloan, 1970. "Lifetime earnings and physicians' choice of specialty," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 24(1), pages 47-56, October.

Chapters

  1. Sloan, Frank A., 2000. "Not-for-profit ownership and hospital behavior," Handbook of Health Economics, in: A. J. Culyer & J. P. Newhouse (ed.), Handbook of Health Economics, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 21, pages 1141-1174 Elsevier. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  2. Frank A. Sloan & Gabriel A. Picone & Donald H. Taylor, Jr. & Shin-Yi Chou, 1999. "Does Where You Are Admitted Make a Difference? An Analysis of Medicare Data," NBER Chapters, in: Frontiers in Health Policy research, volume 2, pages 1-26 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Frank A. Sloan, 1976. "Physician Fee Inflation: Evidence from the Late 1960s," NBER Chapters, in: The Role of Health Insurance in the Health Services Sector, pages 321-362 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]

Books

  1. Frank A. Sloan & Jan Ostermann & Christopher Conover & Donald H. Taylor, Jr. & Gabriel Picone, 2006. "The Price of Smoking," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262693453.

NEP Fields

8 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):
  1. NEP-DCM: Discrete Choice Models (1) 2006-11-04
  2. NEP-FIN: Finance (1) 2000-10-05
  3. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (7) 1999-02-08 2000-10-05 2000-10-05 2000-10-05 2004-11-07 2005-02-20 2006-11-04 Author is listed
  4. NEP-LAW: Law & Economics (1) 2004-11-07
  5. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (1) 2001-11-21
  6. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (1) 2004-11-07
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