BARTON H. HAMILTON

hamiltonb@wustl.edu

ROBERT BROOKINGS SMITH DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
(Entrepreneurship, Health Economics, Labor Economics, Econometrics)

Publications:

  1. Chan T, Hamilton B.  Learning, Private Information and the Economic Evaluation of Randomized Experiments.  Journal of Political Economy, (forthcoming).
  2. Paxton E, Hamilton B, Boyd V, Hall B.  Impact of Isolated Clinical Performance Feedback on the Clinical Productivity of an Academic Surgical Facility.  Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 202 (2006) 737-745.
  3. Hall B, Campbell D, Phillips L, Hamilton B.  Evaluating Individual Surgeons Based on Total Hospital Costs:  Evidence for Variation in both Total Costs and Volatility of Costs.  Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 202 (2006) 565-576 (lead article).
  4. Klingensmith, M, Winslow E, Hamilton B, Hall B.  Impact of Resident Duty Hour Reform on Faculty Clinical Productivity.  Current Surgery, 63 (2006) 74-79.
  5. Hall B, Hamilton B.  New Information Technology Systems and a Bayesian Hierarchical Bivariate Probit Model for Profiling Surgeon Quality at a Large Hospital.  Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 44 (2004) 410-429.
  6. Hamilton B, Nickerson J, Owan H.  Team Incentives and Worker Heterogeneity:  An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Teams on Productivity and Participation.  Journal of Political Economy, 111 (2003) 465-497 (lead article).
  7. Hamilton B, Nickerson J.  Correcting for Endogeneity in Strategic Management Research. Strategic Organization, 1 (2003) 53-80.
  8. Chib S., Hamilton B.  Semiparametric Bayes Analysis of Longitudinal Data Treatment Models.  Journal of Econometrics, 110 (2002) 67-89.
  9. Hamilton B.  Estimating Treatment Effects in Randomized Clinical Trials with Non-Compliance: The Impact of Maternal Smoking on Birthweight.  Health Economics, 10 (2001) 399-410.
  10. Nickerson J, Hamilton B, Wada T.  Activity Systems, Governance and Performance:  Integrating Porter and Williamson in the Context of International Courier and Small Package Services in Japan.  Strategic Management Journal, 22 (2001) 251-273.
  1. Hamilton B.  Does Entrepreneurship Pay?  An Empirical Analysis of the Returns to Self-Employment.  Journal of Political Economy, 108 (2000) 604-631.
  1. Chib S., Hamilton B.  Bayesian Analysis of Cross-Section and Clustered Data Selection Models. Journal of Econometrics, 97(1) (2000) 25-50.
  1. Ho V, Hamilton B.  Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions: Does Market Consolidation Harm Patients?  Journal of Health Economics, 19 (2000) 767-791.
  1. Hamilton B, Ho V, Goldman D.  Queuing for Surgery: Is the U.S. or Canada Worse Off?  Review of Economics and Statistics, 82(2) (2000) 297-308.
  1. Hamilton B, Bramley-Harker R.  The Impact of the NHS Reforms on Queues and Surgical Outcomes in England: Evidence from Hip Fracture Patients. The Economic Journal, 109 (1999) 437-462.
  1. Hamilton B.  HMO Selection and Medicare Costs: Bayesian MCMC Estimation of a Robust Panel Data Tobit Model with Survival.  Health Economics, 8 (1999) 403-414.  [Reprinted in Innovations in Econometric Analysis of Health and Health Care, A. Jones and O. O’Donnell, eds., John Wiley & Sons, UK (2001).]
  1. Grimard F, Hamilton B.  Estimating the Elderly’s Returns on the Farm: Evidence from the Cote D’Ivoire. Journal of Development Economics, 58 (1999) 513-531.
  1. Ho V, Hamilton B, Roos L.  Multiple Approaches to Assessing the Effects of Delays for Hip Fracture Patients in the U.S. and Canada.  Health Services Research, 34 (2000) 1499-1518.
  1. Hamilton B, Ho V.  Does Practice Make Perfect? Examining the Relationship between Hospital Surgical Volume and Outcomes for Hip Fracture Patients in Canada.  Medical Care, 36 (1998) 892-903.
  1. Hamilton B, Hamilton V.  Alcohol and Earnings: Does Drinking Yield a Wage Premium?  Canadian Journal of Economics, 30 (1997) 135-151.
  1. Hamilton B.  Racial Discrimination and Professional Basketball Salaries in the 1990s. Applied Economics, 29 (1997) 287-296.  [Reprinted in The Economics of Sport, A. Zimbalist, ed., Edward Elgar Publishing, UK (2001).]
  1. Hamilton B, Hamilton V.  Estimating the Surgical Volume-Outcomes Relationship Applying Survival Models Accounting for Patient Frailty and Hospital Fixed Effects.  Health Economics, 6 (1997) 383-396.  [Reprinted in Innovations in Econometric Analysis of Health and Health Care, A. Jones and O. O’Donnell, eds., John Wiley & Sons, UK (2001).]
  1. Hamilton B, Mackinnon M.  Quits and Layoffs in Early Twentieth Century Labor Markets.  Explorations in Economic History, 33 (1996) 346-366.
  1. Hamilton B, Mackinnon M.  Long-Term Employment Relationships in Early Twentieth Century Labor Markets: Evidence From Personnel Data.  Labour Economics, 3 (1996) 357-384.
  1. Hamilton B, Hamilton V, Mayo N.  What Are the Costs of Queuing for Hip Fracture Surgery in Canada?  Journal of Health Economics, 15 (1996) 161-185.

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