About
Daniel P. Kessler is the Keith and Jan Hurlbut Senior Fellow and Director of Research at the Hoover Institution and a Professor at both Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and Stanford Law School. He teaches courses on economics, public policy, and the health-care industry, and is a founding member of the Hoover Program on the Foundations for Economic Prosperity.
Education:
- PhD in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- JD, Stanford Law School
Research Interests: Kessler’s scholarship lies at the intersection of economics, law, and health policy. His work spans antitrust economics in health care, industrial organization of hospital and insurance markets, the effects of regulation and tort reform on medical care, and the fiscal impacts of public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Recurrent themes include the consequences of hospital ownership, vertical integration between hospitals and physicians, the role of tax subsidies in driving health-care spending, and the evaluation of large-scale reforms such as the Affordable Care Act.
Selected Books & Policy Monographs:
- Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Five Steps to a Better Health Care System (2nd ed., 2011, with J. Cogan & R. G. Hubbard)
- Regulation versus Litigation: Perspectives from Economics and Law (2010, University of Chicago Press)
Research Teams & Leadership Roles:
- Health Care Working Group, Hoover Institution
- Hoover Program on the Foundations of Economic Prosperity
- Frequent chair/moderator of Hoover Institution panels on fiscal sustainability and health reform
