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.  

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.

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.