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Department of Economics:  Assistant Professor

Education
-  Binghamton University, B.S.
-  Cornell University, M.S., Ph.D.

Prior to joining the faculty at Lehigh, Chad D. Meyerhoefer served as a research economist at The CNA Corporation and the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).  While at AHRQ he provided analytical oversight to the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and was an adjunct professor of public policy at Georgetown University from 2006-2008. 

Professor Meyerhoefer's doctoral thesis was recognized by the American Agricultural Economics Association as the Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation of 2002.  He has presented his research at numerous professional meetings and published in a variety of outlets including Health Economics, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Journal of Development Studies.  His recent work has focused on the demand for mental health services, direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription pharmaceuticals, and the public policy implications of obesity and physical inactivity.

Research Interests

• Health Economics
• Public Policy
• Applied Econometrics
• International Economic Development

Selected Publications

• Zuvekas, S. and C. Meyerhoefer. "State Variation in Out-of-Pocket Spending and Burden for Outpatient Mental Health Treatment", Health Affairs, May/June 2009, 28(3):713-722.
• Meyerhoefer, C. and S. Zuvekas. “New Estimates of the Demand for Physical and Mental Health Treatment” Health Economics, available online April 7, 2009. 
• Meyerhoefer, C. “Economic Principles” in Youth Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior, Eds. Alan Smith and Stuart Biddle, Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc., 2008.
• Meyerhoefer, C. and Y. Pylypchuk. “Does Participation in the Food Stamp Program Affect the Prevalence of Obesity and Health Care Spending?”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, May 2008, 90(2):287-305.
• Meyerhoefer, C. and S. Zuvekas. “The Shape of Demand: What Does it Tell Us About Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Antidepressants”, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, January 2008, 8(2) (Advances), Article 4.
• Cawley, J., C. Meyerhoefer, and D. Newhouse. “The Impact of Physical Education Requirements on Youth Physical Activity and Overweight”, Health Economics, December 2007, 16(12):1287-1301.
• Meyerhoefer, C., D. Sahn, and S. Younger. “The Joint Demand for Health Care, Leisure, and Commodities: Implications for Health Care Finance and Access in Vietnam”, Journal of Development Studies, November 2007, 43(8):1475-1500.
• Cawley, J., C. Meyerhoefer, and D. Newhouse. “The Correlation of Youth Physical Activity with State Policies”, Contemporary Economic Policy, October 2007, 25(4):506-517.
• Zuvekas, S. and C. Meyerhoefer. “Coverage for Mental Health Treatment: Do Gaps Still Persist?”, Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, September 2006, 9(3):155-163.
• Meyerhoefer, C. and R. Trost. “Tired Titanium: A Fatigue Based Approach to Aircraft Inventory Management and Acquisition Planning”, Defense and Peace Economics, February 2006, 17(1):1-21.
• Meyerhoefer, C., C. Ranney, and D. Sahn. “Consistent Estimation of Censored Demand Systems Using Panel Data”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, August 2005, 87(3):660-672.

Links

Curriculum Vitae

Research Papers on SSRN:
http://search.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=355424

 

   

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