#  Seminars: Health Economics 

 



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SortSeminar in Health Economics**Term:** Spring 2026**Location: Locations at BU/MIT/HMS/HKS** **Meeting Time:** Thursday 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM**Description:** Focuses on theory, econometric models, and public policy of health care. Frontier work in health economics presented and discussed by instructors and outside speakers. May be taken for credit only by dissertation students writing a research paper. Offered jointly with the Kennedy School as SUP-951.

**List Serve/Announcements:** To be added to the seminar email list, please email Nicole Levitsky at <nel@bu.edu>.

For further information, please email Steve Walker at [steven\_walker@hks.harvard.edu](mailto:steven_walker@hks.harvard.edu). Please visit the [HKS Health Economics Seminar website](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/health/sup951.2024) for each speaker's paper that will be presented.









SortDATESEMINAR LOCATION SPEAKERAFFILIATIONTITLE01/29

[BU Questrom](https://maps.bu.edu/?id=647#!ce/28018?m/288494?s/questr), HAR 324

Kai Shen Lim

Harvard University

"Competing Complements in Public-Private Hospital Markets"

02/05

[BU Questrom](https://maps.bu.edu/?id=647#!ce/28018?m/288494?s/questr), HAR 324

Jessica Banthin

Urban Institute

"The Future of the Affordable Care Act Marketplace: Projections for 2026 based on a Microsimulation Model"

02/12

[BU Questrom](https://maps.bu.edu/?id=647#!ce/28018?m/288494?s/questr), HAR 324

Jon Gruber

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Spending to Save: The Subscription Model for Eradicating Hepatitis C in Louisiana"

02/19

No Seminar

 

 

 

02/26  
*Canceled due to weather*

[MIT Sloan](https://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E51)

Victoria Marone

Yale University

"The Risk Protection of Moral Hazard"

03/05

[MIT Sloan](https://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E51)

Keith Ericson

Boston University

"Moral Hazard under Liquidity Constraints"

03/12

[MIT Sloan](https://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E51)

Tom Wollmann

Boston University

"Painful Bargaining: Evidence from Anesthesia Rollups"

03/19

No Seminar

 

 

 

03/26

[HMS, HCP, 180A Longwood Ave.](https://hms.harvard.edu/about-hms/contact-hms/harvard-longwood-campus-maps-directions), Rm 224E

Anna Russo

Harvard University

"Waiting or Paying for Healthcare: Evidence from the Veterans Health Administration"

04/02

[HMS, HCP, 180A Longwood Ave.](https://hms.harvard.edu/about-hms/contact-hms/harvard-longwood-campus-maps-directions), Rm 224E

Anran Li 

University of Minnesota

"Going for Broker? Intermediation in Health Insurance Markets"

04/09

[HMS, HCP, 180A Longwood Ave.](https://hms.harvard.edu/about-hms/contact-hms/harvard-longwood-campus-maps-directions), Rm 224E

Chris Whaley

Brown University

"Stress Testing Markets for Cardiac Care"

04/16

[HKS, Rubenstein 304](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/about_us/HKS_Campus%20Map_2023.pdf)

Amitabh Chandra

Harvard University

"Living Large or Long? Preference Estimates from Completed-Life Stories"

04/23

[HKS, Rubenstein 304](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/about_us/HKS_Campus%20Map_2023.pdf)

Johnny Hyunh

Dartmouth College

"The Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Pollution on Health"

04/30

[HKS, Rubenstein 304](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/about_us/HKS_Campus%20Map_2023.pdf)

Luca Maini

Harvard Medical School

"Insurance Design and the Passthrough of Nominal Drug Prices"