{"id":10219,"date":"2024-08-06T16:53:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/keith-ericson\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:54:13","slug":"keith-ericson","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/keith-ericson\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Ericson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Keith Ericson\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/EricsonKeith.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n          <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--phone\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Phone\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"telephone\">\n        617-353-4553      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:kericson@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          kericson@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n              <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/PL_Ericson_Keith_CV.pdf\">\n            Download CV\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=t-TLf28AAAAJ&#038;hl=en\" itemprop=\"url\">\n            Visit Website\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--office\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n          Office\n        <\/h6>\n        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"workLocation\">\n          615B        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Keith Ericson<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tProfessor, Markets, Public Policy, and Law\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tDepartment Chair, Markets, Public Policy, and Law\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-bio\">\n\t<p>For full information, please see my website at http:\/\/www.practicingeconomist.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\"><div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-education\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tEducation\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">PhD, Harvard University, 2011<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">AM, Harvard University, 2008<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">BA, Williams College, 2004<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-publications\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tPublications\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Sydnor, J. (In Press). &#8220;Liquidity Constraints and the Value of Insurance&#8221;, <i>American Economic Journal: Microeconomics<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K. (In Press). &#8220;What Do Shareholders Want? Consumer Welfare and the Objective of the Firm&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Layton, T., McIntyre, A., Sacarny, A. (In Press). &#8220;Nudging Take-up of Subsidized Insurance: Evidence from Massachusetts&#8221;, <i>The Review of Economics and Statistics<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Sacarny, A., Zhou, A. (2023). &#8220;Dangerous Prescribing and Healthcare Fragmentation: Evidence from Opioids&#8221;, <i>Journal of Public Economics<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Agha, L., Ericson, K., Zhao, X. (2023). &#8220;The Impact of Organizational Boundaries on Healthcare Coordination and Utilization&#8221;, <i>American Economic Journal: Economic Policy<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Rebitzer, J., Agha, L., Ericson, K., Geissler, K. (2022). &#8220;Team relationships and performance: Evidence from Healthcare Referral Networks&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Craig, S., Ericson, K., Starc, A. (2021). &#8220;How Important is Price Variation between Health Insurers?&#8221;, <i>Journal of Health Economics<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Kircher, P., Spinnewijn, J., Starc, A. (2021). &#8220;Inferring Risk Perceptions and Preferences Using Choice from Insurance Menus: Theory and Evidence&#8221;, <i>Economic Journal<\/i>, <i>131<\/i> (634),  713-713<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K. (2020). &#8220;When consumers do not make an active decision: Dynamic default rules and their equilibrium effects&#8221;, <i>Games and Economic Behavior<\/i>, <i>124<\/i> 369-385<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Cohen, J., Ericson, K., Laibson, D., White, J. (2020). &#8220;Measuring Time Preferences&#8221;, <i>Journal of Economic Literature<\/i>, <i>58<\/i> (2),  299-347<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Dorison, C., Wang, K., Rees, V., Kawachi, I., Ericson, K., Lerner, J. (2020). &#8220;Sadness, but not all negative emotions, heightens addictive substance use.&#8221;, <i>Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A<\/i>, <i>117<\/i> (2),  943-949<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K. (2020). &#8220;When Consumers Do Not Make an Active Decision: Dynamic Default Rules and their Equilibrium Effects&#8221;, <i>Games and Economic Behavior<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Geissler, K., Lubin, B. (2018). &#8220;The Impact of Partial-Year Enrollment on the Accuracy of Risk-Adjustment Systems: A Framework and Evidence&#8221;, <i>American Journal of Health Economics<\/i>, <i>4<\/i> (4),  454-478<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Sydnor, J. (2017). &#8220;The Questionable Value of Having a Choice of Levels of Health Insurance Coverage&#8221;, <i>Journal of Economic Perspectives<\/i>, <i>31<\/i> (4),  51-72<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K. (2017). &#8220;On the Interaction of Memory and Procrastination: Implications for Reminders, Deadlines, and Empirical Estimation&#8221;, <i>Journal of the European Economic Association<\/i>, <i>15<\/i> (3),  692-719<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Loewenstein, G., Hagmann, D., Schwartz, J., Ericson, K., Kessler, J., Bhargava, S., Blumenthal-Barby, J., D&#8217;Aunno, T., Handel, B., Kolstad, J., Nussbaum, D., Shaffer, V., Skinner, J., Ubel, P., Zikmund-Fisher, B. (2017). &#8220;A Behavioral Blueprint for Improving Health Care Policy&#8221;, <i>Behavioral Science &amp; Policy<\/i>, <i>3<\/i> (1),  53-66<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Kingsdale, J., Layton, T., Sacarny, A. (2017). &#8220;Nudging Leads Consumers In Colorado To Shop But Not Switch ACA Marketplace Plans&#8221;, <i>Health Affairs<\/i>, <i>36<\/i> (2),  311-319<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Starc, A. (2016). &#8220;How product standardization affects choice: Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange.&#8221;, <i>J Health Econ<\/i>, <i>50<\/i> 71-85<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Coffman, L., Coffman, K. (2016). &#8220;The Size of the LGBT Population and the Magnitude of Anti-Gay Sentiment are Substantially Underestimated&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Kessler, J. (2016). &#8220;The articulation of government policy: Health insurance mandates versus taxes&#8221;, <i>Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization<\/i>, <i>124<\/i> 43-54<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Starc, A. (2015). &#8220;Pricing Regulation and Imperfect Competition on the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange&#8221;, <i>Review of Economics and Statistics<\/i>, <i>97<\/i> (3),  667-682<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., White, J., Laibson, D., Cohen, J. (2015). &#8220;Money earlier or later? Simple heuristics explain intertemporal choices better than delay discounting does.&#8221;, <i>Psychol Sci<\/i>, <i>26<\/i> (6),  826-833<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Starc, A. (2015). &#8220;Measuring Consumer Valuation of Limited Provider Networks&#8221;, <i>American Economic Review<\/i>, <i>105<\/i> (5),  115-119<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Marzilli Ericson, K., Fuster, A. (2014). &#8220;The Endowment Effect&#8221;, <i>Annual Review of Economics<\/i>, <i>6<\/i> (1),  555-579<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K. (2014). &#8220;Consumer Inertia and Firm Pricing in the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Insurance Exchange&#8221;, <i>American Economic Journal: Economic Policy<\/i>, <i>6<\/i> (1),  38-64<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Coffman, K., Coffman, L., Ericson, K. (2013). &#8220;The Size of the LGBT Population and the Magnitude of Anti-Gay Sentiment are Substantially Underestimated&#8221;, <i>National Bureau of Economic Research<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Starc, A. (2013). &#8220;How Product Standardization Affects Choice: Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange&#8221;, <i>National Bureau of Economic Research<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Fuster, A. (2013). &#8220;The Endowment Effect&#8221;, <i>National Bureau of Economic Research<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Kessler, J. (2013). &#8220;The Articulation Effect of Government Policy: Health Insurance Mandates Versus Taxes&#8221;, <i>National Bureau of Economic Research<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Stare, A. (2012). &#8220;Designing and Regulating Health Insurance Exchanges: Lessons from Massachusetts&#8221;, <i>INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing<\/i>, <i>49<\/i> (4),  327-338<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Starc, A. (2012). &#8220;Heuristics and Heterogeneity in Health Insurance Exchanges: Evidence from the Massachusetts Connector&#8221;, <i>American Economic Review<\/i>, <i>102<\/i> (3),  493-497<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K., Starc, A. (2012). &#8220;Pricing Regulation and Imperfect Competition on the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange&#8221;, <i>National Bureau of Economic Research<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Marzilli Ericson, K., Fuster, A. (2011). &#8220;Expectations as Endowments: Evidence on Reference-Dependent Preferences from Exchange and Valuation Experiments *&#8221;, <i>The Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, <i>126<\/i> (4),  1879-1907<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ericson, K. (2011). &#8220;Forgetting We Forget: Overconfidence And Memory&#8221;, <i>Journal of the European Economic Association<\/i>, <i>9<\/i> (1),  43-60<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Cutler, D., Ericson, K. 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