Education
- Ph.D., Economics, 2021, Washington State University
- B.S., Economics, 2015, Brigham Young University Idaho
Interests
- Health Economics
- Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Economics
- Public Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Industrial Economics
Working Papers
- “The Opioid Safety Initiative and Veteran Suicides” with Benjamin Cowan
- “Optimal Choices of Pain, Dependence, and Addiction” with Ron Mittelhammer and Jill McCluskey
- “The Gender Pay Gap in University Staff Members” with Jill McCluskey
- “The Effects of Acute Pain on Risk, Intertemporal Preferences, and Cognition” with Jill McCluskey and Zhou Huan
Presentations
- Optimal Choices of Pain, Dependence, and Addiction” presented at:
- Allied Social Science Association (ASSA), San Diego, CA, January 4, 2020
- “The Opioid Safety Initiative and Veteran Suicides” presented at:
- National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Health Economics Program Meeting, Zoom, May 7, 2021
- American Society of Health Economics (ASHE), Zoom, June 23, 2021
Grants and Extramural Awards
Cowan, Benjamin W. (PI) and Joshua Tibbitts (co-PI). “The Opioid Safety Initiative and the Mortality of Rural Veterans,” IREACH, 01/16/2021 - 07/15/2022, $20,000.