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June 17, 2010
Empirical Methods in Health Economics: Analysis of Efficiency and Consumer Choices
Location: Lugano
Venue: University of Lugano
Date:
June 17 to 21, 2010
Registration:
Online until 29 May 2010
Prof. William Greene (New York University)
Prof. Massimo Filippini (University of Lugano)
Dr. Mehdi Farsi (University of Lugano, ETH Zurich)
Presentation:
This laboratory offers an intensive course on the theory and practice of productive efficiency and consumer choice in the health care sector. Both conceptual and methodological issues will be addressed. The course focuses on stochastic frontier analysis and a selection of discrete choice models. The students will have the opportunity of applying these models to several data sets and acquire the econometric skills to initiate their own research in the related topics. A selection of empirical studies in health economics will be discussed.
Objectives:
At the end of the laboratory, participants should have acquired the following skills:
- Use econometric approaches with cross-sectional and panel data to model and measure technical, allocative and scale efficiency, assess the appropriate use of parametric approaches, and understand the advantages and drawbacks of different model specifications and functional forms.
- Econometric analysis of consumer preferences with discrete choice models considering unobserved heterogeneity across individuals and estimating the probabilities and marginal effects using various cross-section and panel data models.
Course homepage: http://www.ssphplus.ch/phdcourses-hep
