Lan Liang
 
Assistant Professor
 
Ph.D., Duke University, 1999
Phone: (312) 413-9444
Fax: (312) 996-3344
E-Mail: lliang@uic.edu
Homepage: http://www.uic.edu/~lliang


Fields of Interest: Health Economics, Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics, Econometrics, Law and Economics

Selected Research :

"Precaution, Compensation, and Threats of Snaction: The Case of Alcohol Servers ( with Frank Sloan and Emily Stout)", International Review of Law & Economics, forthcoming.

"Price, Policies, and Youth Smoking (with Frank J. Chaloupka, Dick Clayton, and Mark Nichter)," Addiction, Vol. 98 (Suppl 1), pp. 105-122, 2003.

"Differential Effects of Cigarette Price on Youth Smoking Intensity (with Frank J. Chaloupka)," Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Vol. 4, pp. 109-114, 2002.

"Liability, Risk Perception, and Precaution at Bars (with Frank A. Sloan, Emily M. Stout and Kathryn Whetten-Goldstein)," Journal of Law & Economics, XLIII(2), pp.473-501, 2000.

Drinkers, Drivers and Bartenders: Balancing Private Choices and Public Accountability (with Frank A. Sloan, Emily M. Stout, and Kathryn Whetten-Goldstein), University of Chicago Press, 2000.

"Hospital Mergers and Consumer Welfare: Evidence from Obstetric Deliveries," mimeo, 1999.


 
Current Research Interests:

Health market

Economics of drinking and smoking



 

Other Significant Accomplishments:

Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2002-present

Principal Investigator, "Excessive Drinking and Drinking and Driving among College Students," the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Substance Abuse Policy Research Program, September 2003-March 2004, $99,984

Principal Investigator, "Do Adolescents with Emotional or Behavioral Problems Responded to Tabacco Control Policies?" the Robert Wood Foundation Substance Abuse Policy Research Program, July 2003-December 2004, $126,327

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Etiology of Tobacco Research Network (TERN) faculty scholar, 1999-2001.