Composition of Lower Courts and Market Consolidation: Evidence from U.S. Hospital Mergers

• In Event: Federal and State Policy on Health and Social Issues

Brief Overview

This paper examines how the ideological composition of U.S. federal courts shapes hospital mergers. When regulators do not review small mergers, judicial ideology acts as a hidden constraint influencing hospitals’ consolidation choices.

Author

• Sarada Prasad Nayak, SUNY at Binghamton/ SUNY Geneseo