Muzhe Yang

Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
College of Business and Economics
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA 18015

Office: (610) 758-4962
Fax: (610) 758-4677
Email: muzheyang@lehigh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research

"Is There a Physician Peer Effect? Evidence from New Drug Prescriptions," with Hsien-Ming Lien and Shin-Yi Chou, forthcoming in Economic Inquiry, (wp version).

"Buy What Is Advertised on Television? Evidence from Bans on Child-Directed Food Advertising," with Rui Huang, forthcoming in Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, (link) (wp version).

"Asymmetric Association between Exposure to Obesity and Weight Gain among Adolescents," with Rui Huang, forthcoming in Eastern Economic Journal, (link) (wp version).

"Crisis-Induced Depression, Physical Activity and Dietary Intake among Young Adults: Evidence from the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks," with Yang Wang, Economics & Human Biology, 11(2): 206-220, March 2013 (link) (wp version).

"Depression, Antidepressant Use and Weight Gain," with George Wehby, International Journal of Applied Economics, 9(2): 1-38, September 2012 (link) (wp version).

"The Relationship between Food Assistance and Health: A Review of the Literature and Empirical Strategies for Identifying Program Effects," with Chad Meyerhoefer, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 33(3): 304-344, Autumn 2011 (link) (wp version).

"Do Bad Report Cards Have Consequences? Impacts of Publicly Reported Provider Quality Information on the CABG Market in Pennsylvania," with Justin Wang, Jason Hockenberry, and Shin-Yi Chou, Journal of Health Economics 30(2): 392-407, March 2011 (link).

"Borders, Ethnicity and Trade," with Jenny Aker, Michael Klein, and Stephen O'Connell, (under review) (wp version).

"Demonstrated Interest: Signaling Behavior in College Admissions," with James Dearden, Suhui Li, and Chad Meyerhoefer, (under review) (wp version).

"Paid Maternity Leave and Breastfeeding Practice Before and After California's Implementation of the Nation's First Paid Family Leave Program," with Rui Huang, (under review) (wp version).

"Regression Discontinuity Design and Treatment Effects in the Presence of Multiple Selection Biases," (work in progress).