David Dranove

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

David Dranove is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, David Dranove has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 25 papers in General Health Professions and 16 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in David Dranove's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (42 papers), Global Health Care Issues (16 papers) and Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (16 papers). David Dranove is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (42 papers), Global Health Care Issues (16 papers) and Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (16 papers). David Dranove collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Philippines. David Dranove's co-authors include Ginger Zhe Jin, Mark Shanley, William D. White, Cory S. Capps, Mark A. Satterthwaite, Neil Gandal, Richard C. Lindrooth, Christopher Ody, Leemore Dafny and Carol Simon and has published in prestigious journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Management Science and Medical Care.

In The Last Decade

David Dranove

71 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Quality Disclosure and Certification: Theory and Practice
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Dranove United States 34 2.9k 1.6k 757 622 383 74 4.1k
Martin Gaynor United States 31 3.0k 1.0× 1.9k 1.2× 204 0.3× 307 0.5× 180 0.5× 96 3.6k
Douglas R. Wholey United States 31 1.5k 0.5× 1.2k 0.7× 683 0.9× 135 0.2× 247 0.6× 106 3.3k
Robert Town United States 28 2.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 192 0.3× 359 0.6× 118 0.3× 74 3.2k
Lawton R. Burns United States 34 1.8k 0.6× 1.8k 1.1× 645 0.9× 125 0.2× 192 0.5× 118 4.1k
Liran Einav United States 34 3.0k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 543 0.7× 1.1k 1.7× 561 1.5× 93 5.3k
Gautam Gowrisankaran United States 22 1.4k 0.5× 485 0.3× 602 0.8× 705 1.1× 320 0.8× 59 2.1k
Jeffrey A. Alexander United States 47 2.1k 0.7× 3.8k 2.3× 707 0.9× 134 0.2× 341 0.9× 202 6.9k
Frank R. Lichtenberg United States 32 4.1k 1.4× 608 0.4× 1.1k 1.4× 83 0.1× 208 0.5× 145 5.4k
Patricia M. Danzon United States 41 4.4k 1.5× 1.2k 0.7× 372 0.5× 86 0.1× 169 0.4× 147 5.5k
Ginger Zhe Jin United States 30 1.3k 0.4× 209 0.1× 520 0.7× 852 1.4× 450 1.2× 113 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by David Dranove

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Dranove

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Dranove

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Dranove. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Dranove based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Dranove. David Dranove is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dranove, David, et al.. (2022). The Returns to Medical Inventions. The Journal of Law and Economics. 65(S2). S389–S417.
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Dranove, David, et al.. (2015). Investment subsidies and the adoption of electronic medical records in hospitals. Journal of Health Economics. 44. 309–319. 29 indexed citations
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Dranove, David, Chris Forman, Avi Goldfarb, & Shane Greenstein. (2014). The Trillion Dollar Conundrum: Complementarities and Health Information Technology. American Economic Journal Economic Policy. 6(4). 239–270. 106 indexed citations
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Dranove, David, et al.. (2011). Does the Market Punish Aggressive Experts? Evidence from Cesarean Sections. The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 11(2). 17 indexed citations
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Dranove, David, et al.. (2009). Does Major Illness Cause Financial Catastrophe?. Health Services Research. 45(2). 418–436. 31 indexed citations
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Dranove, David, Cory S. Capps, & Leemore Dafny. (2009). A Competitive Process for Procuring Health Services: A review of Principles with an Application to Cataract Services. The School of Public Policy Publications. 2(1).
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Dranove, David & Andrew Sfekas. (2009). The Revolution in Health Care Antitrust: New Methods and Provocative Implications. Milbank Quarterly. 87(3). 607–632. 11 indexed citations
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Dranove, David & Yasutora Watanabe. (2009). Influence and Deterrence: How Obstetricians Respond to Litigation against Themselves and Their Colleagues. American Law and Economics Review. 12(1). 69–94. 36 indexed citations
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Dafny, Leemore & David Dranove. (2008). Do report cards tell consumers anything they don't know already? The case of Medicare HMOs.. PubMed. 39(3). 790–821. 116 indexed citations
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Dranove, David, et al.. (2005). The Price of Palliative Care: Toward a Complete Accounting of Costs and Benefits. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. 21(1). 147–163. 15 indexed citations
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Dranove, David & Richard C. Lindrooth. (2003). Hospital consolidation and costs: another look at the evidence. Journal of Health Economics. 22(6). 983–997. 117 indexed citations
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Dranove, David & Neil Gandal. (2002). The DVD Versus DIVX Standard War: Empirical Evidence of Network Effects and Preannouncement Effects. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 35 indexed citations
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Capps, Cory S., David Dranove, Shane Greenstein, & Mark A. Satterthwaite. (2002). Antitrust Policy and Hospital Mergers: Recommendations for a New Approach. The Antitrust Bulletin. 47(4). 677–714. 28 indexed citations
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Dranove, David. (1998). Is there underinvestment in R & D about prevention?. Journal of Health Economics. 17(1). 117–127. 16 indexed citations
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Dranove, David. (1998). Economies of scale in non-revenue producing cost centers: Implications for hospital mergers. Journal of Health Economics. 17(1). 69–83. 89 indexed citations
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Dranove, David, Carol Simon, & William D. White. (1998). Determinants of managed care penetration. Journal of Health Economics. 17(6). 729–745. 50 indexed citations
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Dranove, David. (1995). A problem with consumer surplus measures of the cost of practice variations. Journal of Health Economics. 14(2). 243–251. 5 indexed citations
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Dranove, David, et al.. (1994). Physician-induced demand for childbirths. Journal of Health Economics. 13(1). 61–73. 93 indexed citations
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Dranove, David & William D. White. (1993). The changing nature of health care competition. 8(4). 233–236. 1 indexed citations
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Dranove, David. (1985). An empirical study of a hospital-based home care program.. PubMed. 22(1). 59–66. 17 indexed citations

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