Hanming Fang, PhD is the Joseph M. Cohen Term Professor of Economics, a Professor of Health Care Management at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He is an elected Fellow of the Econometric Society.
His research paper, “Sources of Advantageous Selection: Evidence from the Medigap Insurance Market,” received the 2008 Kenneth J. Arrow Award from the International Health Economics Association (iHEA). His current research projects on the racial disparities in health care and the effects of the Affordable Care Act on the labor market have been awarded National Science Foundation research grants. He also studied the detection of upcoming changes in Medicare billing and the dynamics of health plan offerings in the health insurance exchange.
Dr.Fang received his PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000. Before joining the University of Pennsylvania faculty, he held positions at Yale University and Duke University. He served as a co-editor of the International Economic Review and the Journal of Public Economics, as well as the editorial board of numerous professional journals including the American Economic Review. He also served as the Director of the Chinese Economy Working Group at NBER from 2014-2016 and is a Co-Founder of VoxChina.org.
