Research

Working Papers and Selected Work in Progress

Understanding the Screening Effects of Evidentiary Standards (Email me for a draft)

Andy Yuan

Gender Concordance and Quality of Care: Evidence from Cardiologists (Email me for a draft)

Andy Yuan

Prosecutorial Incentives and Outcome Disparities

Andy Yuan and Spencer Cooper

Revise and Resubmit at American Law and Economics Review

The Unintended Consequences of Changing Burdens of Proof in Criminal Justice System (work in progress)

Spencer Cooper and Andy Yuan

Measuring the Screening Effects of Evidentiary Standards: Evidence from Workers' Compensation Claims (work in progress)

Andy Yuan and Anthony Lo Sasso

Measuring Maternal Mortality and Mortality Disparities: A Health-Adjusted Approach

Andy Yuan, Vladimir Atanasov, Benjamin W. Weston, Jeff Whittle, John R. Meurer, and Bernard Black

Law Publications

Quantifying the Monetary Impacts of Nonquantitative Changes in Burdens of Proof and Procedural Rules: A Study of Workers’ Compensation, 1997-2016

Andy Yuan and Price Fisback

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (forthcoming)

The Limits of Self Help: A Field Experiment in an Arizona Housing Court

Daniel Bernal and Andy Yuan

American Law and Economics Review (forthcoming)

• Runner-up, 2024 Best Empirical Paper Prize, American Law and Economics Review

Trends in Accident Compensation Before and After the 1972 Burton Commission

Price Fishback and Andy Yuan

ABA Journal of Labor and Employment Law 37, 239-261 (2024) (invited essay)

The Effects of Financial Incentives on Hospital-Cardiologist Integration and Cardiac Test Location

Andy Yuan, Bernard S. Black, Timea Viragh, David Magid, Qian Eric Luo and Ali Moghtaderi

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 20, 570-608 (2023)

Publications in Health Policy and Medical Journals

The Association of Hospital-Cardiologist Integration with Patient Outcomes, Care Quality, and Utilization

Ali Moghtaderi, David J Magid, Andy Yuan, Bernard Black, Qian Eric Luo, Vinay Kini

Journal of the American College of Cardiology (forthcoming)

The COVID Excess Mortality Percentage and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID Mortality: Evidence from Indiana and Wisconsin

Vladimir Atanasov, Natalia Barreto, Lorenzo Franchi, Jeff Whittle, John Meurer, Benjamin W Weston, Qian Luo, Andy Yuan, Ruohao Zhang, Bernard Black

PLoS ONE 19(1), e0295936-e0295956 (2024)

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality: National Evidence from Death Certificates

Andy Yuan, Vladimir Atanasov, Natalia Barreto, Lorenzo Franchi, Jeff Whittle, Benjamin Weston, John Meurer, Qian Luo, Bernard Black

American Journal of Epidemiology 193(6), 853-862 (2024) 

Selection Effects and COVID-19 Mortality Risk after Pfizer vs. Moderna Vaccination: Evidence from Linked Mortality and Vaccination Records

Vladimir Atanasov, Natalia Barreto, Jeff Whittle, John Meurer, Benjamin W Weston, Qian Luo, Andy Yuan, Lorenzo Franchi, Ruohao Zhang, Bernard Black

Vaccines 11(5), 971-984 (2023)

Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against Death Using a Novel Measure: COVID Excess Mortality Percentage

Vladimir Atanasov, Natalia Barreto, Jeff Whittle, John Meurer, Benjamin W Weston, Qian Luo, Lorenzo Franchi, Andy Yuan, Ruohao Zhang, Bernard Black

Vaccines 11(2), 379-393 (2023) 

Distinguishing Moral Hazard from Access for High-Cost Healthcare Under Insurance

Christopher T Robertson, Andy Yuan, Wendan Zhang, Keith Joiner

PLoS ONE 15(4), e0231768-e0231784 (2020)