Publications
"Insurer Size and Negotiated Hospital Prices: Insights from the Affordable Care Act in Arkansas" Health Economics (2025)
“The Impact of Provider Network Breadth on Outpatient Care Utilization of Medicaid Beneficiaries: Evidence from Arkansas” Accepted in American Journal of Health Economics
Working Papers
“What Drives Medicaid-Private Disparities in Primary Care Utilization? Analysis of Demand-Side Mechanisms” with Daeyong Lee (Iowa State University) Revision Requested
"Understanding the Rise in Adolescent E-Cigarette Use in the 2010s: Innovation, Diffusion, and Behavioral Mechanisms" with Wizhao (Andy) Wang (St. Lawrence University) Under Review
“Utilization Gaps Under Equalized Access to Care: Specialist Visits Among Medicaid and Non-Medicaid Enrollees in Arkansas” with Daeyong Lee (Iowa State University) Under Review
"The Political Economy of Medicaid: Partisanship, Eligibility, and the Consequences of Cost-Saving Measures" with Claire S. H. Lim (University of Western Ontario)
"What is Behind the Size Effect? The Role of Large Hospitals in the Medicaid DSH Program" with Claire S. H. Lim (University of Western Ontario)
"Fracking Boom and Bargaining Power: Investigating the Link between Relative Earnings and Teenage Birth Rates" with ShinYi Chou (Lehigh University) and Siyuan Lin (American Institute for Research)
Work in Progress
“Provider Preference and Selection into Medicare Advantage” with Maura Coughlin (Rice University) and Jason Huh (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
"The COVID-19 Pandemic and Medicaid-Private Disparities in Healthcare Utilization" with Daeyong Lee (Iowa State University)