ANUPAM B. JENA

 

Welcome to my research web page.  I am currently a third year medical student at Chicago and a Bing Center Visiting Fellow at RAND.  I received my PhD in Economics from the University in 2006. 

 

Research

Working Papers and Publications

(1) “Who Benefits from New Medical Technologies? Estimates of Consumer and Producer Surpluses from the New HIV/AIDS Drugs,” BE Forum for Health Economics and Policy, Forum: Biomedical Research and the Economy, Article 3, 2005. Also NBER Working Paper 11810. (with Tomas J. Philipson)  Download

(2) “IP and External Consumption Effects: Generalizations from Health Care Markets,” NBER Working Paper 11930, 2006. (with Tomas J. Philipson and Stephane Mechoulan)  Download

(3) “Surplus Appropriation from R&D and Technology Assessment Procedures,” NBER Working Paper 12016, 2006. (with Tomas J. Philipson)  Download

(4) “Do Children Cause Divorce? Evidence from a Natural Experiment Using Twins,” Working Paper, University of Chicago, 2006.  Download

(5) “A Note on the Economics of Intense Exercise,” Working Paper, University of Chicago, 2006. (with David Meltzer) 

(6) “Me-Too Innovation in Medical Markets,” Working Paper, University of Chicago, 2006. (with Jack Calfee, Dana Goldman, Edward Mansley, and Tomas J. Philipson)  Download

(7) “The Value of Life in General Equilibrium,” Working Paper, University of Chicago, 2006. (with Casey Mulligan, Tomas J. Philipson and Eric Sun) Download

(8) Innovation and Technology Adoption in Health Care Markets, Monograph prepared for AEI Press, 2006. (with Tomas J. Philipson)

(9) “The Institute of Medicine Report on the FDA: Where is the Science?,” Health Economics 16 (3), 2007. (with Tomas J. Philipson and Eric Sun)  Download

(10) “Cost-Effectiveness as a Price Control,” Health Affairs 26(3), 2007. (with Tomas J. Philipson)  Download

(11) “CEA: The Authors Respond,” Health Affairs 26(5), 2007. (with Tomas J. Philipson)  Download

(12) “The Promise of Health Care Cost Containment,” Health Affairs 26(6), 2007. (with Alan Garber and Dana Goldman)  Download

(13) “Drug Licenses: A Promising Model for Pharmaceutical Pricing,” Health Affairs (forthcoming), 2007. (with Dana Goldman, Eric Sun, and Tomas J. Philipson)  Download

(14) “An Economic Evaluation of the War on Cancer,” Working Paper, University of Chicago, 2007. (with Dana Goldman, Darius Lakdawalla, Tomas J. Philipson, and Eric Sun)

(15) “The Impact of Viagra on Divorce,” Working Paper, University of Chicago, 2007. (with Dana Goldman and Amee Kamdar)

 

Popular Writing

(1) “Dividing the Benefits from Medical Breakthroughs,” Milken Institute Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2006. (with Tomas J. Philipson)  Download

(2) “Striking a Balance on New Technology,” AHIP Coverage, September/October, 2006. (with Tomas J. Philipson)  Download 

 

E-mail:

ajena (at) uchicago.edu

THE UNIVERSITY OF

CHICAGO

My main research interests are in applied microeconomics with a natural focus on health.  Below you can find links to both published papers and somewhat frequently updated working papers.