Professor Wedig’s research interests involve the application of corporate finance, governance, organizational economics and incentives to the health care industry. He has studied the investment and financing decisions of hospitals and nonprofit entities, incentive payment systems for physicians and hospitals, and a variety of other issues in health economics, including the incentive effects of Medicare and Medicaid payment systems on costs, insurance coverage and charity care. His current research focuses on the organizational economics of the managed care industry. Wedig’s publications have appeared in The Journal of Finance, the Journal of Business, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Health Economics, Health Affairs, Medical Care Research and Review and other journals. In addition, he has been the recipient of numerous research grants from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Wedig teaches courses in organizational economics as well as the corporate finance and governance of health care organizations. He has consulted to numerous medical organizations including hospitals, H.M.O.’s, physician groups, pharmaceutical firms and consulting firms on issues of health care finance. Prior to joining the Simon School, Wedig taught at Boston University’s School of Management, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
B.S. (summa cum laude), Economics, Washington University (St. Louis)
M.A., Economics,
Harvard University
Ph.D., Economics,
Harvard University
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