Anran Li

RA Opportunities: I am excited to involve students in my research projects. See here for more information. If you are interested, please do not hesitate to reach out.

PhD Office Hours: If you are a student in my graduate class or in the IO workshop, please schedule a meeting here. For all others, please email me before scheduling an appointment online. To make our meeting productive, please email me a 2-3 page summary of your project and the questions you'd like to discuss at least one day before the meeting.

Working Papers

Commitment, Competition, and Preventive Care Provision. (September 2025) [pdf] 

Rising Star Paper Prize, International Industrial Organization Conference, 2024

Coverage: STAT, Kellogg Insight

The Effects of Competition on Physician Prescribing. (September 2025) [pdf]  

with Janet Currie and Molly Schnell. 

Cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the President

Insurer Risk and Public Risk-Sharing: Quantifying the Value of Reinsurance. (July 2025) [pdf] 

with Paul Kim.  

Work in Progress

Going for Broker? Intermediation in Health Insurance Markets.  

with Tong Liu, Anthony Lo Sasso, and Nicholas Tilipman.

Do Insurers Exhibit Moral Hazard: Evidence From Public Reinsurance Programs.

with Paul Kim. 

Journal Articles 

Enrollment Brokers Did Not Increase Medicaid Enrollment, 2008-2018. [pdf]

with Becky Staiger, Diane Alexander, Molly Schnell.  Health Affairs. 2022.

Other Writings

Preparing for the Work of the Future: A Research Agenda. [pdf]

with David Autor and Matthew Notowidigdo. Prepared for J-PAL North America's "Work of the Future" Initiative, 2019.