Gerard Wedig

Professor Wedig’s research interests are focused in the areas of health care economics and finance and organizational economics more generally.

In the field of health care finance, he has studied investment, corporate financial behavior, mergers and acquisitions and governance of health care and nonprofit entities. In the field of health care economics, he has studied the the incentive effects of payment systems on costs, insurance coverage and charity care. He has also studied the effects of report cards and public disclosure on consumer behavior. His work in organizational economics has focused on the causes and consequences of horizontal integration (chaining) among nursing homes.

Professor Wedig's current research focuses on the determinants of private sector fees in local health care markets, specialization in hospital chains and models of corporate finance and free cash flow determination in commercial nonprofit entities.