About Me
I am a PhD candidate in Economics at Georgia State University. I am interested in using experimental and applied methods to explore policy-relevant questions about health decision making and subjective expectations.
Research Interests
- Preventive Healthcare
- Health Expectations
- Subjective Beliefs
- Field Experiments
Education
PhD, Economics
Georgia State University
BSc, Materials Science & Engineering
Virginia Tech
Job Market Paper
Incentives, Distributions, and the Accuracy of Subjective Health Risks
In an online experiment, I implement and test experimental methods to elicit subjective beliefs about personal health risks in a 2x2 treatment design. Monetary incentives reduce errors when subjects can communicate the degree of confidence in their beliefs, but have no effect on point estimates. Importantly, beliefs more strongly predict preventive health behaviors when they exhibit high confidence, suggesting that eliciting both risk perceptions and confidence may improve our understanding of health decisions.