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Dhaval Dave

Dhaval Dave is currently an assistant professor at Bentley College and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on the public policy aspects relating to the economic determinants of the demand for addictive substances including illicit drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol. Other research interests are in the area of applied microeconomics, including the economics of human resources, moral hazard due to health insurance, production of mental health, production of infant health, and obesity. Prof. Dave's articles have been published in various academic journals including Journal of Health Economics and Economic Inquiry. In addition, he has presented papers at conferences of the Allied Social Science Association, Southern Economic Association, and the Eastern Economic Association. He received his Ph.D. in economics from The Graduate Center at the City University of New York in 2003 and was a John M. Olin post-doctoral research fellow in Health Care Systems at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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