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Frank R. Lichtenberg

Frank R. Lichtenberg

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Economics and Finance

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51
Citations
16633
World Ranking
1303
National Ranking
789

Overview

Frank R. Lichtenberg is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research focus lies broadly in the areas of economics, econometrics, finance, and health professions. Within these fields, their work spans subfields such as economics and econometrics, general health professions, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, pharmacology, and finance.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life
  • Pharmaceutical economics and policy
  • Global health care issues
  • Healthcare policy and management
  • Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
  • Pharmaceutical studies and practices
  • Healthcare systems and reforms

Notable recent publications by Frank R. Lichtenberg include:

  • The impact of pharmaceutical innovation on the longevity and hospitalization of New Zealand cancer patients, 1998-2017 (2021), published in Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research
  • The effect of pharmaceutical innovation on longevity: Evidence from the U.S. and 26 high-income countries (2022), published in Economics & Human Biology
  • Are drug prices subject to creative destruction? Evidence from the US, 1997-2017 (2021), published in Health Economics
  • Has pharmaceutical innovation reduced the average cost of U.S. health care episodes? (2023), published in International Journal of Health Economics and Management
  • The impact of biomedical innovation on the disability of elderly Medicare recipients, 2013-2019 (2023), published in Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Frequent collaborators in their work include Katharina Blankart, Kriste Krstovski, Bronwyn H. Hall, Scott Stern, and Rosemarie Ham Ziedonis.

Frank R. Lichtenberg has contributed research to various scholarly venues, including:

  • Economics & Human Biology
  • Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
  • Health Policy and Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research

Best Publications

  • The Comparative Advantage of Educated Workers in Implementing New Technology

    Ann P. Bartel;Frank R. Lichtenberg

  • The Output Contributions Of Computer Equipment And Personnel: A Firm-Level Analysis

    Frank R. Lichtenberg

  • The effects of leveraged buyouts on productivity and related aspects of firm behavior

    Frank R. Lichtenberg;Donald Siegel

  • Does Foreign Direct Investment Transfer Technology Across Borders

    Bruno van Pottelsberghe;Frank Lichtenberg

  • THE IMPACT OF R&D INVESTMENT ON PRODUCTIVITY–NEW EVIDENCE USING LINKED R&D–LRD DATA

    Frank R. Lichtenberg;Donald Siegel

  • R&D Investment and International Productivity Differences

    Frank Lichtenberg

  • International R&D spillovers: A comment

    Frank R Lichtenberg;Frank R Lichtenberg;Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie

  • R&D and Productivity Growth at the Industry Level: Is There Still a Relationship?

    Zvi Griliches;Frank Lichtenberg

  • Interindustry Technology Flows and Productivity Growth: A Reexamination

    Zvi Griliches;Frank R Lichtenberg

  • Productivity and Changes in Ownership of Manufacturing Plants

    Frank R Lichtenberg;Donald Siegel

  • Information Technology and Its Impact on Productivity: Firm-Level Evidence from Government and Private Data Sources, 1977-1993

    Bill Lehr;Frank Lichtenberg

  • Are The Benefits Of Newer Drugs Worth Their Cost? Evidence From The 1996 MEPS

    Frank R. Lichtenberg

  • Efficiency in Manufacturing and the Need for Global Competition

    Martin Neil Baily;Hans Gersbach;F. M. Scherer;Frank R. Lichtenberg

  • The Relationship between Federal Contract R&D and Company R&D

    Frank R Lichtenberg

  • The Effect of Government Funding on Private Industrial Research and Development: A Re-Assessment

    Frank R. Lichtenberg

  • The impact of new drug launches on longevity: evidence from longitudinal, disease-level data from 52 countries, 1982-2001.

    Frank R. Lichtenberg

  • Ownership structure and corporate performance in Japan

    Frank R. Lichtenberg;George M. Pushner

  • Managerial ownership and firm performance: A re-examination using productivity measurement

    Darius Palia;Darius Palia;Frank Lichtenberg

  • The Private R&D Investment Response to Federal Design and Technical Competitions

    Frank R Lichtenberg

  • Industrial de-diversification and its consequences for productivity

    Frank R. Lichtenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Zvi Griliches
Zvi Griliches Harvard University
Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie Corvinus University of Budapest
Ann P. Bartel
Ann P. Bartel Columbia University
Tomas Philipson
Tomas Philipson University of Chicago
Joel Waldfogel
Joel Waldfogel University of Minnesota
Peter Zweifel
Peter Zweifel University of Zurich
Darius Palia
Darius Palia Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Donald W. Light
Donald W. Light Rowan University
Kevin N. Ochsner
Kevin N. Ochsner Columbia University

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