Contact Info

• Email: rarnould@illinois.edu

Professor Emeritus of Economics

Research Interests

Health economics

PhD

Economics, Iowa State University, 1968

Selected Publications

• “The Nature and Consequences of Provider Consolidations in the U.S.,” with L. DeBrock and H. Radach, in B. Ferguson, J. Posnett, and T. Sheldon, eds., Concentration and Choice in Health Care Markets, Churchill Livingston, 1997.
• “Federal Antitrust Merger Enforcement Standards: A Good Fit for the Hospital Industry?” with G. Bazzoli, D. Marx, and l. Manheim, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (1995).
• “The Application of Economic Theory to the Vaccine Market,” in Mark V. Pauly, ed., The Economics of Vaccine Policy, IOS Press, 1995.