Shan Huang

It was a pleasure to be at this great conference!!

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📣📝 #CallforPapers: I will organize this years "Applied #Economics in #DigitalHealth" Workshop, 5th/6th June 2025 in Mannheim, Germany together with @hannesullrich.com and Ariel Stern! Check out the CfP here: drive.google.com/file/d/10p7y...

Just published! 📢 Our paper "Information Technology, Improved Access, and Use of Prescription Drugs" is out in the 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 issue of the 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. doi.org/10.1093/jeea...
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The Role of Physician Altruism in the Physician-Industry Relationship: Evidence from Linking Experimental and Observational Data Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Event studies of prescribing of a paid drug after the initial payment for that drug, showing that prescriptions only increase for non-altruistic but not for altruistic physicians.

2️⃣ Less altruistic physicians (and only them!) also prescribe more of a paid, more expensive brand-name drug, after the payment.

Histogram showing that altruistic physicians typically receive lower-valued payments, while the share of high payments is higher for non-altruistic physicians

Two highlights:

1️⃣ Less altruistic physicians receive 2,184 USD more in annual industry payments: 254% higher than their altruistic peers.

🚨 How does physician altruism shape ties to the pharma industry? 🚨

@basucally.bsky.social, Jing (jingliuw.wixsite.com/mysite) & I link experimental and admin data to show that less altruistic physicians receive higher industry payments and respond more to financial incentives in prescribing:

PhD candidate and advisor standing next to each other in front of a presentation slide

Celebrating one of the best moments in academic life: @shanhuang.bsky.social admirably defended her PhD dissertation at U Copenhagen. Big congrats, Shan!

Thanks to the Dept. of Economics, Berlin School of Economics, @diw.de GC, and committee members Meltem Daysal, Iris Kesternich, and Jon Kolstad.

Vielen Dank! Ich hatte eine tolle Zeit am DIW! 🥂

Thank you Paul!!! Amazing to be in Copenhagen for this!

Thank you for making the PhD journey so easy for me, Hannes! I couldn’t imagine any better team or more supportive environment. I really just had a great experience! 🥂