David Zimmer
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Vita [ pdf ]
[webpage updated 9/2017]
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Contact Information
Western Kentucky University
Department
of Economics
Bowling
Green, KY 42101
Email:
david.zimmer [at sign] wku
[dot] edu
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Publications
BOOK
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Copula Modeling: An Introduction for
Practitioners.
Now Publishers, 2007, Hanover, MA. (with P.K. Trivedi)
JOURNAL
ARTICLES
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“Using
Copulas to Estimate the Coefficient of a Binary Endogenous Regressor
in a Poisson Regression: Application to the Effect of Insurance on Doctor
Visits.”
Health Economics, forthcoming.
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“The
Heterogeneous Impact of Insurance on Health Care Demand Among
Young Adults: A Panel Data Analysis.”
Journal of Applied Statistics, forthcoming.
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“Did the
Demand for Crestor Shrink when Lipitor’s Patent Expired?”
Journal of
Industry, Competition and Trade, forthcoming.
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“Do High
School Gifted Programs Lead to Later-in-Life Success?”
Journal of Labor Research, forthcoming. (with
D. Welsch)
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“Is
the ACA Bringing the Family Back Together (for Tax Purposes?)
Investigating the Dependent Coverage Mandate Effect on Dependent Tax
Exemptions.”
Review of Economics of the Household, forthcoming. (with D. Shane)
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“Movies,
Mass Consumers, and Critics: Economics and Politics of a Two-Sided Market.”
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2017, 35, 269-277. (with
B. Goff and D. Wilson)
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“A Note on
Identification of Bivariate Copulas for Discrete Count Data.”
Econometrics, 2017, 5, 1-11. (with
P. Trivedi)
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“What
Percent of the U.S. Population is Predisposed Toward
High Cholesterol?”
International Journal of Cardiology, 2016, 214, 90-91.
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“Crop Price
Comovements during Extreme Market Downturns.”
Australian Journal of Agricultural and
Resource Economics, 2016, 60,
265-283.
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“The
Dynamic Relationship between School Size and Academic Performance: An
Investigation of Elementary Schools in Wisconsin.”
Research in Economics, 2016, 70, 158-169. (with
D. Welsch)
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“Analyzing Comovements in Housing Prices using Vine Copulas.”
Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53, 1156-1169.
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“Asymmetric
Dependence in Housing Prices: Evidence from U.S. and International Data.”
Empirical Economics, 2015, 49, 161-183.
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“Does COBRA Reduce the Probability that Job
Separators Return to Work?”
Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2015, 18, 326-340.
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“Employment
Effects of Health Shocks: The Role of Fringe Benefits.”
Bulletin of Economic Research, 2015, 67, 346-358.
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“The
Relationship between Student Transfers and District Academic Performance:
Accounting for Feedback Effects.”
Education Finance and Policy, 2015, 10, 399-422. (with
D. Welsch)
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“Time-Varying
Correlation in Housing Prices.”
Journal of Real Estate Finance and
Economics, 2015, 51,
86-100.
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“The Effect
of Medicare Part D on Prescription Drug Composition Demand.”
Journal of Economic Studies, 2015, 42, 170-185.
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“Why do Movie Studios Produce R-rated
Films?”
Applied Economics and Finance, 2015, 2, 33-43. (with B.
Goff and D. Wilson)
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“Cost-offsets
of Prescription Drug Expenditures: Data Analysis via a Copula-based Bivariate
Dynamic Hurdle Model.”
Health Economics, 2014, 23, 1242-1259. (with
P. Deb and P. Trivedi)
[Previously
circulated as NBER Working Paper #15191]
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“Success at
the Summer Olympics: How Much Do Economic Factors Explain?”
Econometrics, 2014, 2, 169-202. (with
P. Trivedi)
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“Intertemporal
Persistence in Health Care Spending and Utilization: The Role of Insurance.”
Journal of Applied Statistics, 2013, 40, 1044-1063.
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“Does
COBRA's Retroactive Coverage Feature Encourage Delayed Enrollment?”
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2013, 31, 135-144.
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“Analysis
of Mixed Outcomes in Econometrics: Applications in Health Economics.”
In Analysis of Mixed Data: Methods
and Applications,
Edited by A.R. de Leon and K.C. Chough, 2013,
pp. 157-172. CRC Press:
New York.
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“The Role
of Copulas in the Housing Crisis.”
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 94, 607-620.
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“Do Student
Migrations Affect School Performance? Evidence from Wisconsin’s Inter-District
Public School Program.”
Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31, 195-207. (with
D. Welsch)
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“The Relationship between Medicare Supplemental Insurance and Health Care
Spending: Selection Across Multiple Dimensions.”
Eastern Economic Journal,
2012, 38, 118-133.
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“Family
Asthma and Maternal Labor Supply.”
Journal of Economics, 2012, 38, 49-63. (with
C. Strow)
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“The Dependence Structure of Income
Distribution.”
Applied Economics,
2012, 44, 3573-3583. (with Y. Kim)
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“The Effects of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program on
Insurance Status and Health Care Utilization of Children.”
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2011, 32, 373-383.
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“Medical
Savings Accounts and Preventative Health Care Utilization.”
Journal of Economics and Management, 2011, 7, 1-22. (with
J. Cress)
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“State Dependence Among
the Uninsured: Accounting for Feedback to Health and Employment.”
Forum for Health Economics & Policy,
2010, 13: 2 (Health Economics), Article 4.
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“The Effect
of Double Coverage on Health Care Utilization of Children.”
Applied
Economics, 2010, 42,
3105-3117.
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“Health
Insurance and Health Care Demand Among the
Self-Employed.”
Journal of Labor Research, 2010, 31, 1-19.
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“The Role
of Health Insurance in Labor Supply Decisions of Divorced Females.”
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2010, 50, 121-131.
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“The Effect
of Health and Poverty on Early Childhood Cognitive Development.”
Atlantic
Economic Journal, 2010, 38,
37-49. (with D. Welsch)
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“Racial
Differences in Health Care Utilization: Analysis by Intensity of Demand.”
Contemporary
Economic Policy, 2009, 27,
475-490. (with X. Zheng)
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“Pitfalls
in Modeling Dependence Structures: Explorations with Copulas.”
In The Methodology and Practice of
Econometrics: A Festschrift in Honour of David F.
Hendry,
Edited by J.L. Castle and N. Shephard, 2009,
pp. 149-172. Oxford
University Press: New York. (with P.K. Trivedi)
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“Modeling
Bivariate Count Distributions with Finite Mixture Models: Application to Health
Care Demand of Married Couples.”
Applied
Economics, 2009,
1-7. (with X. Zheng)
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“Insurance
Arrangements Among Married Couples: Analysis of
Benefit Substitution and Compensating Differentials.”
Journal of
Family and Economic Issues, 2009, 30,
428-439.
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“After-School
Supervision and Children's Cognitive Achievement.”
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2008, 8, (Topics), Article 49. (with D. Welsch)
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“Farmers’
Health Insurance and Access to Health Care.”
American
Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2008, 90, 267-279. (with X. Zheng)
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“The Effect
of the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985 on Health Care
Utilization of Employment Separators.”
The B.E.
Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2008, 8, (Contributions), Article 2.
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“Asymmetric
Effects of Marital Separation on Health Insurance Among
Men and Women.”
Contemporary
Economic Policy, 2007, 25,
92-106.
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“Child
Health and Maternal Work Activity: The Role of Unobserved Heterogeneity.”
Eastern Economic
Journal, 2007, 33,
43-64.
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“Using Trivariate Copulas to Model Sample Selection and Treatment
Effects: Application to Family Health Care Demand.”
Journal of
Business and Economic Statistics, 2006, 24, 63-76. (with P.K. Trivedi)
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“The Effect
of Managed Care on Use of Healthcare Services: Results from Two Contemporary
Household Surveys.”
Health
Economics, 2006, 15,
743-760. (with P. Deb, C. Li, and P.K. Trivedi)
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“The Effect
of Switching Private Insurance Plans on Health Care Utilization.”
The B.E. Journal
of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2006, 5, (Contributions), Article 22. (with
F. Liu)
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“Modeling
the Differences in Counted Outcomes Using Bivariate Copula Models with
Application to Mismeasured Counts.”
Econometrics
Journal, 2004, 7,
566-584. (with A.C. Cameron, T. Li, and P.K. Trivedi)
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Works in progress
·
“The Effect
of Hearing Impairments on Wage Earnings: Evidence from a Copula-Based Spline
Selection Model.”
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“The
Accuracy of Self-Reported Smoking among Blacks.”
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“Does Preventive
Care Reduce Usage of Curative Services?” [download]
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“The Effect
of Food Stamps on Fiber Intake.” [download]
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“Pricing
and Market Concentration: A New Estimation Strategy” (with M. Doane, L. Froeb, and G. Werden) [download]
·
“The
Dynamic Relationship between Health and Health Insurance in the U.S.” [download]
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“Inequality
in Durations of Insurance Loss Following Employment Disruption.” [download]
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“Does
Health Insurance Always Increase Health Spending? Evidence on Distributional
Effects from Inpatient Hospital Stays” (with D. Shane) [download]
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