David
Zimmer
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Works in progress (some
downloadable)
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Teaching
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Vita [pdf]
[webpage updated 11/28/2011]
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Contact Information
Western Kentucky University
Department of Economics
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Phone: 270-745-2880
Email: david.zimmer[at sign]wku.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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“The Role of Copulas in the Housing Crisis.”
Review
of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
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“Do Student Migrations Affect School Performance?
Evidence from Wisconsin’s Inter-District Public School Program.”
Economics
of Education Review, forthcoming. (with D. Welsch)
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“Does COBRA's Retroactive Coverage Feature Encourage
Delayed Enrollment?”
Contemporary
Economic Policy, forthcoming.
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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 Relationship between Medicare
Supplemental Insurance and Health Care Spending: Selection Across Multiple
Dimensions.”
Eastern Economic
Journal, forthcoming.
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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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“The Dependence
Structure of Income Distribution.”
Applied Economics,
forthcoming. (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, forthcoming.
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“Medical Savings Accounts and Preventative Health Care
Utilization.”
Journal
of Economics and Management, forthcoming. (with J. Cress)
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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
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“The Effect of Medicare Part D on Prescription Drug
Demand.” [download]
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“Asymmetric Dependence in Housing Prices: Evidence from U.S.
and International Data.” [download]
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“The Dynamic
Relationship between Health and Health Insurance.” [download]
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“Employment
Effects of Health Shocks: The Role of Fringe Benefits.” [download]
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“Intertemporal Persistence in Health Care Spending and
Utilization: The Role of Insurance.” [download]
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“Dynamic Cost-offsets of Prescription Drug Expenditures:
Panel Data Analysis Using a Copula-based Hurdle Model.” (with P. Deb and P.
Trivedi)
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“Similarities and Differences between Consumers and
Professional Critics: An Investigation of Motion Pictures.” (with B. Goff and
D. Wilson)
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“The Duration of Insurance Loss Following Employment
Disruption.” [download]
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“Child Asthma and Maternal Labor Supply.” (with C. Strow)
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Teaching
Fall
2011:
Econ 206 – Statistics
Econ 502 – Microeconomic Theory
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Other stuff
How I
work:
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operating
system |
Linux
(Ubuntu) |
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browser |
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statistics
/ matrix programming |
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programming
text editor |
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algebra
/ calculus |
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writing |
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storing
stuff |
Stuff I
like:
