Harvard-MIT-BU Health Economics Seminar

A premier seminar series spotlighting innovative research at the intersection of health policy and economics.

Explore the forefront of health economics at the Harvard–MIT–BU Health Economics Seminar. This weekly series features leading scholars and emerging voices presenting groundbreaking research that’s shaping the future of healthcare policy.

Spring 2025 Schedule

Thursdays, 4:00-5:15pmLocationSpeaker and AffiliationTitle
January 30, 2025BU Questrom – HAR414Pauline Mourot (BU)Should Top Surgeons Practice at Top Hospitals? Sorting and Complementarities in Healthcare
February 6, 2025BU Questrom – HAR414Ben Vatter (MIT)
Vertical Integration and Plan Design in Healthcare Markets
February 13, 2025BU Questrom – HAR414Tong Liu (MIT)Driving a Bargain: Negotiation Skill and Price Dispersion
February 27, 2025MIT Sloan – E51-325Jon Kolstad (UC Berkeley)Thinking versus Doing: Cognitive Capacity, Decision Making and Medical Diagnosis
March 6, 2025MIT Sloan – E51-325Liisa Laine (U Missouri)Improving Performance Through Allocation and Competition: Evidence from a Patient Choice Reform 
March 13, 2025MIT Sloan – E51-325Hannes Schwandt (Northwestern)Germs in the Family: The Short- and Long-Term Consequences of Intra-Household Disease Spread
March 27, 2025HCP – TMEC (Tosteson Medical Education Center) 250 Mini AmphitheaterAnais Galdin (Dartmouth)Resilience of Global Supply Chains and Generic Drug Shortages
April 3, 2025HCP – TMEC (Tosteson Medical Education Center) 250 Mini AmphitheaterJoe Doyle (MIT)Mean Reversion in Randomized Controlled Trials: Implications for Program Targeting and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
April 10, 2025HCP – TMEC (Tosteson Medical Education Center) 250 Mini AmphitheaterWoojin Kim (NBER)Political Polarization in Medicine
April 17, 2025HKS – Rubenstein 304Jason Abaluck (Yale)Insurance with Multiple Actors
April 24, 2025HKS – Rubenstein 304Atul Gupta (Wharton)Do Hospital Systems Pass Through Cost Savings from Acquisitions?
May 1, 2025HKS – Rubenstein 304Maria Polyakova (Stanford)Health Insurance as Economic Stimulus? Evidence from Long-Term Care Labor Markets