Publications
"Minimum Nurse Staffing Legislation and the Financial Performance of California Hospitals," (with Kristin Reiter, Barbara A. Mark, and George Pink), Health Services Research (in press).
"Adjusting for Patient Acuity in Measurement of Nurse Staffing: A Comparison of Two Approaches," (with Barbara A. Mark), Nursing Research, 2011, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 107-114.
"The Effect of Minimum Nurse Staffing Legislation on Uncompensated Care Provided by California Hospitals," (with Kristin Reiter, George Pink, Joanne Spetz, and Barbara A. Mark), Medical Care Research and Review, 2011, Vol. 68, No. 3, 332-351.
"Strategy, Structure, and Patient Quality Outcomes in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (1997-2004)" (with Askar Chukmaitov, Kelly Devers, and Robert Brooks), Medical Care Research and Review, 2011, Vol. 68, No. 2, pp. 202-225.
"Is Quality of Cardiac Hospital Care a Public or Private Good?" (with Hseuh-Fen Chen, Gloria Bazzoli, and Jan Clement), Medical Care, 2010, Vol. 48, No. 11, pp. 999-1006
"Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care With Direct Measurement of Inpatient Staffing" (with Barbara A. Mark), Medical Care, 2010, Vol 48, No. 7, pp. 659-63.
"Nurse staffing and post-surgical complications using the present on admission indicator" (with Barbara A. Mark), Research in Nursing & Health, 2010, Vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 35-47.
"How well does diagnosis-based risk-adjustment work for comparing ambulatory clinical outcomes?" (with Askar Chukmaitov, Nir Menachemi, Charles Saunders, and Robert Brooks), Health Care Management Science, 2009, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 420-433.
"Variations in Inpatient Mortality Among Hospitals in Different System Types, 1995 to 2000" (with Askar Chukmaitov, Gloria Bazzoli, Robert Hurley, Kelly Devers, and Mei Zhao), Medical Care, 2009, Vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 466-473.
"California's Minimum Nurse Staffing Legislation and Nurse Wages" (with Barbara Mark and Joanne Spetz), Health Affairs, 2009, Vol. 28, no. 2, pp. w326–w334.
"Compliance with IFRS Disclosure Requirements and Individual Analysts' Forecast Errors" (with Christopher Hodgdon, Rasoul Tondkar, and Ajay Adhikari), Journal of International Accounting, Auditing, and Taxation, 2008, Vol. 17, pp. 1-13.
"Do Laboratory Frontal Crash Test Programs Predict Driver Fatality Risk? Evidence From Within Vehicle-Line Variation in Test Ratings" (with George Hoffer). Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2007, Vol. 39, pp. 902-913.
"Nurse Staffing and Adverse Events in Hospitalized Children," (with Barbara A. Mark and Wallace Berman). Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 2007, Vol. 8, pp. 83-92.
"Nurse Staffing, Mortality and Length of Stay in For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Hospitals" (with Barbara A. Mark). Inquiry, 2007, Vol. 44, pp. 167-186.
"Addressing
Measurement Error Bias in Nurse Staffing Research" (with Barbara A.
Mark), Health Services Research , 2006, Vol 41, pp.
2006-2024.
“The Impact
of HMO Penetration on the Relationship Between Nurse Staffing and
Quality” (with Barbara Mark, and Michael
McCue), Health Economics, 2005, Vol. 14, pp. 737-753.
"Fair Value Capitalization of Mortgage Loan Servicing
Rights" (with Robert Cochran and Edward
Coffman), Research in Accounting Regulation, 2004, Vol. 17, pp. 155-167
"A
Longitudinal Examination of Hospital Registered Nurse Staffing and Quality of
Care" (with Barbara Mark, Michael McCue and Yihua
Xu), Health Services Research, 2004, Vol. 39,
pp. 279-300.
“Testing for
Offsetting Behavior and Adverse Recruitment Among
Drivers of Airbag-Equipped Vehicles” (with George Hoffer), Journal of
Risk and Insurance, 2003, Vol. 70, pp. 629-650.
“Nurse Staffing, Quality, and Financial Performance” (with Michael McCue and Barbara Mark), Journal of Health Care Finance, Vol. 29, 2003, pp. 54-76.
“What Explains Nurses’ Perceptions of Staffing Adequacy?” (with Barbara Mark and Jeanne Salyer), Journal of Nursing Administration, Vol. 32, 2002, pp. 234-242.
“Do Women Pay More the New Motor Vehicles? Evidence from Transactions Price Data” (with George E. Hoffer), American Economic Review, Vol. 92, March 2002, pp. 270-279.
“The Antilock Braking System Anomaly: A Drinking Driver Problem?” (with George E. Hoffer), Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 34, 2002, pp.333-341.
“Using the Contingent Valuation Method to Measure Patron Benefits of Reference Desk Service in an Academic Library” (with Frank R. Allen), College & Research Libraries, Vol. 60, 1999, pp. 56-69.
“Investor Behavior and the Persistence of Poorly Performing Mutual Funds” (with Steven P. Peterson), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 37, 1998, pp. 257-276.
“Group versus Individual Performance in a Price-Searching Experiment” (with Douglas D. Davis), Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 66, 1996, pp. 215-227.
“An Error Rate Analysis of Data Testing Nash Refinements” (with Colin F. Camerer), European Economic Review, Vol. 38, 1995, pp. 649-660.
“The Predictive Utility of Generalized Expected Utility Theories” (with Colin F. Camerer), Econometrica, Vol. 62, 1994, pp. 1251-1289.
“Experimental Tests of Prospective Reference Theory,” Economics Letters, Vol. 43, 1993, pp. 71-76.
“Predictions About Indifference Curves Inside the Unit Triangle: A Test of Variants of Expected Utility Theory,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 18, August 1992, pp. 391-414.
“Actions Versus Prospects: The Effect of Problem Representation on Regret,” American Economic Review, Vol. 82, June 1992, pp. 634-649.
“More Laboratory Evidence on the Disparity Between Willingness to Pay and Compensation Demanded,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 11, 1989, pp. 359-379.
Other Publications
"Re: Response to Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care With Direct Measurement of Inpatient Staffing" (with Barbara A. Mark),
"Fair Value Accounting and MSRs" (with Robert Cochran and Edward Coffman). Mortgage Banking, Vol. 68(3), December 2007, pp. 80-83.
"An Examination of Mortgage Loan Servicing Rights and Fair Value Accounting: Implications for Policy." (with Robert Cochran and Edward Coffman). Bank Accounting & Finance, 2007, Vol. 20, pp. 29-38.
"A New Study on Valuing Servicing Rights" (with Robert Cochran and Edward Coffman), Mortgage Banking, Vol. 65(5), February, 2005, pp. 58-61.
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