Josh Lustig

 

Boston University, Department of Economics

270 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215

Phone: (617) 353-4140, Email: jlustig@bu.edu

Web Page:  http://people.bu.edu/jlustig/

                                                                                   

 

Academic Positions

 

Sept 2008-Present       Assistant Professor of Economics, Boston University

 

Education

 

Dec 2008          Ph.D. in Economics, Yale University

May 2002         B.A. in Economics (with honors) and Mathematics (with honors), Johns Hopkins University (Summa Cum Laude)         

 

Ph.D. Thesis Title: “Adverse Selection and Insurer Behavior in Privatized Medicare”

Thesis Committee:  Profs. Steven Berry, Philip Haile, and Justine Hastings

           

Research Interests

 

Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics, Health Economics

 

Fellowships, Honors and Awards

 

2010     Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching, Boston University

2007     Carl Arvid Anderson Prize Fellowship, Cowles Foundation, Yale University

2007     Yale University Dissertation Fellowship

2002     National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention

2002     Max Hothschild Award for best Economics Undergraduate, Johns Hopkins University

2001     Phi Beta Kappa (early inductee)

 

Other Positions

 

July 2009                       Visiting Scholar, Paris I University

June-Sept 2005              Research Assistant to Prof. Hanming Fang at Yale University

June-Oct 2004                 NERA Economic Consulting

June 2001-May 2002     Department of Justice, Antitrust Division

 

Teaching Experience

 

Health Economics (EC 589), Boston University

Intermediate Microeconomics (EC 201), Boston University

 

 

Academic Activities

 

Referee for:      American Economic Review, Econometrica, Rand Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Health Economics,

The Economic Journal, Quantitative Economics, International Economic Review, NSF, BE Economic Journal of Economic Policy and Analysis

Co-Organizer, Cowles Conference in Structural Microeconomics, Yale University, 2010

           

Invited Conferences and Seminars

 

Duke University, Princeton University, University of Michigan (Ford School), London School of Economics, University College of London,

Cornell University (PAM), University of Toronto, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Boston University, Columbia University, Harvard University,

Northwestern University, Stanford GSB, Berkeley Haas, 2009 Annual Health Economics Conference (discussant), Carnegie Mellon, Montreal HEC,

MIT, University of Georgia

 

Working Papers

 

“The Welfare Effects of Adverse Selection in Privatized Medicare”

“The Sources of Selection within Medicare HMO Plans”

“Peer Effects and Welfare Participation”

 

Working Projects

 

“Estimating a Dynamic Model of Political Advertising”

“Estimating the Costs of Regulation:  A Model of Strategic Compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act” (with Lori Bennear, Katrina Jessoe, and Sheila Olmstead)

“Demand Estimation with Review Data” (with Michael Luca)

 

Department Service

 

2008-2009      Junior Recruiting Committee, Boston University

 

References  Available upon request