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Marcella Alsan
Marcella Alsan, Co-Principal Investigator

Marcella Alsan, who is both an economist and a physician, is a professor of Economics at Stanford University. Her research focuses on the causes and consequences of racial disparities in health care usage and health outcomes.

Philip Cook Profile
Philip J. Cook, Co-Principal Investigator

Philip J. Cook is the ITT/Terry Sanford Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Policy Studies in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. His primary focus at the moment is the economics of crime. 

Sara Heller Profile
Sara B. Heller, Co-Principal Investigator

Supported by Arnold Ventures grant #24-11096

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 2025, 17th Annual Feldstein Lecture, N. Gregory Mankiw," The Fiscal Future"
  • Feldstein Lecture
N. Gregory Mankiw, Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University, presented the 2025 Martin Feldstein...
 2025 Methods Lecture, Raj Chetty, "Uncovering Causal Mechanisms: Mediation Analysis and Surrogate Indices"
  • Methods Lectures
SlidesBackground materials on mediationImai, Kosuke, Dustin Tingley, and Teppei Yamamoto. (2013). “Experimental Designs...
2025 International Trade and Macroeconomics, "Panel on The Future of the Global Economy"
  • Panel Discussion
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant #G-2023-19633, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation grant #20251294...