Lucy Xiaolu Wang

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Prof. Lucy Xiaolu Wang is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst, a Faculty Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Germany, and a Faculty Associate at the Canadian Centre for Health Economics. Her research focuses on the economics of innovation and digitization in health care markets (national and global), particularly in the biopharmaceutical and digital health industries.

Experience

  • –present
    Assistant Professor, UMass Amherst; Faculty Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition; Faculty Associate, Canadian Centre for Health Economics, UMass Amherst

Education

  • 2020 
    Cornell University, Ph.D. in Economics
  • 2014 
    Duke University, M.A. in Economics

Publications

  • 2025
    Procurement Institutions and Essential Drug Supply in Low and Middle-Income Countries, Journal of Health Economics
  • 2025
    Marketing Authorization and Strategic Patenting: Evidence from Pharmaceuticals, Journal of Public Economics
  • 2023
    Digital Interventions in the Health Sector: Country Cases and Policy Discussions, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Notes
  • 2023
    A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Medicines Patent Pool, Economics Bulletin
  • 2023
    Human Mediation Leads to Higher Compliance in Digital Mental Health: Field Evidence from India, Frontiers in Behavioral Economics
  • 2022
    Global Drug Diffusion and Innovation with the Medicines Patent Pool, Journal of Health Economics
  • 2022
    U.S. State approaches to cannabis licensing, International Journal of Drug Policy
  • 2022
    Collaborating neuroscience online: The case of the Human Brain Project forum, PLOS ONE
  • 2021
    The Complementarity of Drug Monitoring Programs and Health IT for Reducing Opioid-Related Mortality and Morbidity, Health Economics
  • 2021
    Medicines Patent Pool and HIV Drug Cocktail Diffusion and Innovation, Best Paper Proceedings of the 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
  • 2020
    The Secret Menu in Health Care: A Cash Market for Imaging in California, INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
  • 2019
    The Complementarity of Health Information & HIT for Reducing Opioid-Related Mortality and Morbidity, Best Paper Proceedings of the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
  • 2018
    Connecting with Reality: Using Mini-Case Study Approach to Facilitate and Assess Student Learning, Cornell University Classroom Research Working Paper Series, Volume 6
  • 2015
    Manufacturing Fetishism: The Neo-Mercantilist Preoccupation with Protecting Manufacturing, The Region and Trade: New Analytical Directions

Grants and Contracts

  • 2019
    Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Technology Theme Grant
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
  • 2019
    Graduate School Research Travel Grant
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Cornell University
  • 2018
    Humane Studies Fellowship Grant
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Institute for Humane Studies
  • 2017
    Hayek Fund for Scholars
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Institute for Humane Studies
  • 2011
    National Academic Dissertation Contest Grant
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    China Ping An Insurance Group
  • 2010
    Micro Entrepreneurship Investigator Grant
    Role:
    Investigator
    Funding Source:
    China Banking Association
  • 2010
    National Academic Dissertation Contest Grant
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    China Ping An Insurance Group
  • 2009
    National Undergraduate Research Innovation Grant
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China

Professional Memberships

  • American Economic Association
  • American Society of Health Economists
  • International Health Economics Association

Contact Lucy for

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  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision