Mark Duggan

Mark Duggan is The Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics at Stanford, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Editorial Board at the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Mark received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering at M.I.T. in 1992 and 1994, respectively, and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1999.

Before arriving to Stanford in 2014, Mark was on the faculty at the University of Chicago (1999-2003), the University of Maryland (2003-2011), and the University of Pennsylvania (2011-2014). During his time as a graduate student and then as a faculty member, Mark received teaching and/or advising awards at M.I.T., Harvard, the University of Chicago, the University of Maryland, and Stanford.

The first strand of Mark’s research has focused on the economics of the health care sector, including especially the pharmaceutical, hospital, and health insurance industries. The second strand of his research has examined the impact of large-scale government expenditure programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

His research has been published in leading academic journals including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics and has been featured in many media outlets including The Economist, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Health, the Social Security Administration, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.