Browsing by Author "Christopher Carpenter"

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    • An Empirical Analysis of Policy Responses to the Opioid Epidemic 
      Masterman, Clayton J. (2019-03-07)
      Department: Law and Economics
      This dissertation studies the relationship between state laws, federal regulations, and the ongoing opioid epidemic. Chapter one studies the effect of naloxone access laws on opioid overdoses. Using a richly detailed ...
    • Essays in Health Economics and Health Policy 
      Freed, Salama Salihah (2018-04-12)
      Department: Economics
      This dissertation consists of three essays in health economics and policy. In the first essay, “Health Insurance Take-up Among the Near-Elderly in the Age of the Affordable Care Act,” I pair the exogenous transition of ...
    • Essays on health economics and health behaviors 
      Tello-Trillo, Daniel Sebastian (2016-04-19)
      Department: Economics
      At least half of personal health spending in the U.S. is related to behavior, lifestyle or other avoidable causes. This dissertation contributes to a recent growing literature which aims to understand what affects health ...
    • Health and Human Capital Effects of Mandated Dependent Insurance Coverage 
      Gamino, Aaron Michael (2017-07-31)
      Department: Economics
      A large literature studies the effects of young adult insurance eligibility expansions which is a major provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). I provide new evidence on the effects of dependent coverage mandates by ...