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Ted C. Rosenbaum

Acting Director

Bureau, Office or Division
Office of the Director
Phone
(202) 326-2275
Email Address
trosenbaum@ftc.gov

Selected Publications

  • "Improving Estimates of Transitions from Satellite Data: A Hidden Markov Model Approach," with Adrian Torchiana, Paul Scott, and Eduardo Souza-Rodrigues, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Forthcoming.  
  • "In the Shadow of Antitrust Â鶹´«Ã½: Price Effects of Hospital Mergers from 2009-2016," with Keith Brand and Chris Garmon, Journal of Law & Economics, 2023.
  • "Using disaster-induced closures to evaluate discrete choice models of hospital demand," with Devesh Raval and Nathan Wilson, The RAND Journal of Economics, 2022.
  • "Prices for Medical Services Vary Within Hospitals, but Vary More Across Them," With Matthew Panhans and Nathan Wilson, Medical Care Research and Review, 2021.
  • "Why is Distance Important for Hospital Choice? Separating Home Bias from Transport Costs," with Devesh Raval, Journal of Industrial Economics, 2021.
  • "How Do Machine Learning Algorithms Perform in Predicting Hospital Choices? Evidence from Changing Environments," with Devesh Raval and Nathan Wilson, Journal of Health Economics, 2021.
  • "Why Do Previous Choices Matter for Hospital Demand? Decomposing Switching Costs from Unobserved Preferences," with Devesh Raval, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018.
  •  "A review of the economic literature on cross-market health care mergers," with Keith Brand, Antitrust Law Journal, 2018.
  • "A Semiparametric Discrete Choice Model: An Application to Hospital Mergers," with Devesh Raval and Steven Tenn, Economic Inquiry, 2017.

Selected Presentations

  • Can Divestitures Lessen Competition? Evidence from the Reynolds/Lorillard Merger. Southern Economic Association, Washington, DC (2024)
  • In the Shadow of Antitrust Â鶹´«Ã½: Price Effects of Hospital Mergers from 2009-2016. ASHEcon Conference. St. Louis, MO (2023)
  • Can Divestitures Lessen Competition? Evidence from the Reynolds/Lorillard Merger. FDA. (2023)
  • In the Shadow of Antitrust Â鶹´«Ã½: Price Effects of Hospital Mergers from 2009-2016. Southern Economic Association. Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2022)

Selected Casework

St. Luke's Health System, Ltd, and Saltzer Medical Group, P.A.
Eli Lilly and Company and Novartis AG, In the Matter of
Reynolds American Inc., and Lorillard, Inc., In the Matter of
Cabell Huntington Hospital/St. Mary's Medical Center, In the Matter of
Amazon.com, Inc., United States of America (for the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission)
Mars, Incorporated and VCA Inc., In the Matter of
CoStar Group / RentPath Holdings, In the Matter of
E & J Gallo Winery/Constellation Brands, In the Matter of
IQVIA Holdings/Propel Media, In the Matter of
U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc., FTC v.

Education

Yale University
PhD, Economics
Yale University
MA, Economics
University of Pennsylvania
BA, Economics

Fields of Interest

  • Industrial Organization
  • Antitrust
  • Health Economics
  • Spatial Economics

Professional Experience

Deputy Director for Research and Management
Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission
2023-Present

Deputy Assistant Director
Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission
2020-2023

Economic Advisor to Commissioner Phillips
Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission
2018-2020

Editorial Board
Antitrust Law Journal
2016-Present

Economist
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Trade Commission
2013-2020

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