Welcome to my webpage!

I’m an assistant professor of economics at Florida State University, associate faculty at Toulouse School of Economics, and a CEPR research affiliate. I work on topics in health economics and industrial organization, focusing on regulation, innovation, and firm behavior in the pharmaceutical industry. I hold a Ph.D. in economics from Toulouse School of Economics (2017).

email: tuba[dot]tuncel[at]gmail[dot]com

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Fields of Interest:

• Primary: Health Economics, Industrial Organization

• Secondary: Applied Econometrics

Research

 Papers

• Tunçel, T. (2025), "Should We Prevent Off-Label Drug Prescriptions? Empirical Evidence from France", The Review of Economic Studies, 92(3), 2027-70.  https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdae060.

• Strategic Submissions: An Analysis of Supplemental Drug Approvals  (with Pierre Dubois and Elissa Philip Gentry). Revise and Resubmit to the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 

• Hammitt, J.K., and T. Tunçel, (2023), "Monetary Values of Increasing Life Expectancy: Sensitivity to Shifts of the Survival Curve",  Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 67, 239-269.

• Dubois, P. and T. Tunçel (2021), "Identifying the Effects of Scientific Information and Recommendations on Physicians' Prescribing Behavior", Journal of Health Economics, vol.78.

• Hammitt, J.K. and T. Tunçel (2015), "Preferences for Life-Expectancy Gains: Sooner or Later?", Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 51(1), 79-101.

• Tunçel, T. and J.K. Hammit (2014), "A New Meta-Analysis on the WTP/WTA Disparity", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 68, 175-187.

 Work in Progress

• Product Discontinuations in the Pharmaceutical Industry

• Value Based Drug Pricing