Stephen Weinberg
Clinical Assistant Professor
Public Administration and Policy
University at Albany
United States of America
Biography
Stephen Weinberg is an economist who focuses on health policy and on psychological economics. His research focuses on evaluating the effects of health insurance, on Medicaid fraud prevention, on emergency department use, on consumer decision making, and on tobacco use. He has conducted program evaluations for the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, the New York City Human Resources Administration, and the New York State Department of Health. Professor Weinberg serves as MPA Director and as Faculty Director of the Undergraduate Major in Public Policy and Management.
Research Interest
Public policy; healthcare
Publications
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“Information Acquisition: Experimental Analysis of a Boundedly Rational Model†(with Xavier Gabaix, David Laibson, and Guillermo Moloche), American Economic Review, 96(4), September 2006, 1043-1068.
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“The Hyperbolic Buffer Stock Model: Calibration, Simulation, and Empirical Evaluation†(with George-Marios Angeletos, David Laibson, Andrea Repetto, and Jeremy Tobacman), Journal of Economic Perspectives, 15(3), Summer 2001, 47-68.
