Title of document: ESSAYS ON HIGH-STATUS FALLACIES Daniel Malter, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012 Directed by: Professor Brent Goldfarb, Ph.D. Department of Management & Organization Robert H. Smith School of Business This dissertation comprises three essays. Each essay challenges some of the commonly held beliefs about and provides novel insights into the role of status in markets. In essay 1, I st...

Important decisions about the financing, determining priorities in and provision of health services depend on beliefs about facts and relationships. It is argued in this paper that many popular beliefs are either logically wrong or are not supported by the evidence. Important errors exist in the beliefs about the effects of technology and ageing populations on health care costs, affordability o...