Joan Costa-i-Font
Encyclopedia
Joan Costa-i-Font is a Spanish born and British naturalised economist specializing in health economics
and political economy
.
Born in Barcelona
, he holds a PhD in Economics and an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He currently works as a Senior Lecturer
in Political Economy
at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His main research examines the political economy of health care reform in Europe and the economic analysis of health policies and problems. He has also been guest editor for Oxford Review of Economic Policy
.
Health economics
Health economics is a branch of economics concerned with issues related to efficiency, effectiveness, value and behavior in the production and consumption of health and health care...
and political economy
Political economy
Political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Political economy originated in moral philosophy...
.
Born in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, he holds a PhD in Economics and an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He currently works as a Senior Lecturer
Senior lecturer
Senior lecturer is an academic rank. In the United Kingdom, lecturer is a faculty position at a university or similar institution. Especially in research-intensive universities, lecturers lead research groups and supervise research students, as well as teach...
in Political Economy
Political economy
Political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Political economy originated in moral philosophy...
at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His main research examines the political economy of health care reform in Europe and the economic analysis of health policies and problems. He has also been guest editor for Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Oxford Review of Economic Policy is a refereed journal which is published quarterly. Each issue concentrates on a current theme in economic policy, with a balance between macro- and microeconomics, and comprises an assessment and a number of articles. It gives a valuable appraisal of economic...
.
Books
- The Economics of New Health Technologies with Alistair McGuire and Christophe Courbage. (2010) Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
- "Reforming Long-term Care in Europe". (2011) [Wiley]
Papers
- "Biases in the Health Care Luxury Good Hypothesis? A Meta-regression Analysis" (with Gemmill-Toyama, M and Rubert, G). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society – Series A, 2010, in press.
- "Compulsory Language Educational Policies and Identity Formation" (with Irma Clots Figueres, Oriol Aspachs and Paolo Masella), Journal of the European Economic AssociationJournal of the European Economic AssociationJournal of the European Economic Association is a general-interest journal in economics. Established in 2003, the JEEA is an outlet for theoretical and empirical work with global relevance and is published jointly by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the European Economic Association....
, papers & proceedings, 2008, 6(2-3): 434-444 - "Public Health Expenditure and Spatial Interactions in a Decentralized National Health System," (with Jordi Pons) Health EconomicsHealth EconomicsHealth Economics is a journal published by John Wiley & Sons, covering the subject of health economics. It was established in 1992, and is published monthly.- See also :* Health economics* Journal of Health Economics...
, 2007, 16(3): 291 – 306. - "In Search of a Corrected Prescription Drug Elasticity Estimate: A Meta-Regression Approach," (with Marin Gemmill and Alistair McGuire). Health EconomicsHealth EconomicsHealth Economics is a journal published by John Wiley & Sons, covering the subject of health economics. It was established in 1992, and is published monthly.- See also :* Health economics* Journal of Health Economics...
, 2007, 16(6): 627-643 - "Vertical Competition in the Spanish National Health System (NHS)," (with Ana Rico) . Public Choice, 128(3-4): 477-498. (2006)
- "Diversity and regional inequalities: assessing the outcomes of the Spanish 'system of health care services', (with Guillem López-Casasnovas and Ivan Planas). Health EconomicsHealth EconomicsHealth Economics is a journal published by John Wiley & Sons, covering the subject of health economics. It was established in 1992, and is published monthly.- See also :* Health economics* Journal of Health Economics...
, 2005, 14(S): S221–S235. - "Pharmaceutical Parallel Trade in Europe: Impact on Stakeholders and Competition Effects," (with Panos Kanavos). Economic PolicyEconomic policyEconomic policy refers to the actions that governments take in the economic field. It covers the systems for setting interest rates and government budget as well as the labor market, national ownership, and many other areas of government interventions into the economy.Such policies are often...
, 2005, 20(44): 753-798