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Ben Handel
Associate Professor of Economics at University of California
Ben Handel is an accomplished academic professional with a focus on the microeconomics of consumer choice and market structure in the health care sector. He is currently serving as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). With a Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Dr. Handel has a solid educational background. His expertise lies in studying consumer choice frictions, incentive design, and the adoption of information technology by medical providers within health insurance markets. An Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Economics, Dr. Handel's recent research delves into the impacts of different regulatory policies in health insurance markets, particularly focusing on consumer behavior dynamics.