The following table presents a summary of the case materials and their primary empirical designs, as organized by the entire class.

1. [Slides] Topic 12: Vertical case discussions and critiques of instrumental variable technique applications
2. [Case material] Cawley (JHE, 2012)
John Cawley, Chad Meyerhoefer. The medical care costs of obesity: An instrumental variables approach. Journal of Health Economics, 2012; 31: 219-230.
3. [Case material] Cornell (JHE, 2019)
Portia Cornell, David Grabowski, Edward Norton, Momotazur Rahman. Do report cards predict future quality? the case of skilled nursing facilities. Journal of Health Economics, 2019; 66: 208-221.
4. [Case material] Qiu (JPE, 2020)
Yun Qiu, Xi Chen, Wei Shi. Impacts of social and econoimc factors on the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China. Journal of Population Economics, 2020; 33: 1127-1172.
5. [Case material] Grabowski (JHE, 2013)
David Grabowski, Zhanlian Feng, Richard Hirth, Momotazur Rahman, Vincent Mor. Effect of nursing home ownership on the quality of post-acute care: An instrumental variables approach. Journal of Health Economics, 2013; 32: 12-21.

