Nolan Miller
Professor of Finance and Julian Simon Faculty Fellow
Education
Ph.D.
Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences,
Northwestern University,
1999.
B.A.
Philosophy,
University of Pennsylvania,
1994.
B.S.
Economics,
University of Pennsylvania,
1994.
Research Interests
Research
Journal Articles
""Do Consumer Price Subsidies Really Improve Nutrition?""
R. Jensen,
N. Miller,
Review of Economics and Statistics,
(93)
4
2011.
"Demanding Consumers: Consumerist Patients and Quality of Care"
H. Fang,
N. Miller,
J. Rizzo,
R. Zeckhauser,
B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy,
[WorkingPaper.pdf]
(11)
1
2011.
"Gffen Behavior and Subsistence Consumption"
N. Miller,
R. Jensen,
American Economic Review,
(98)
4
1553-1577
2008.
"The Impact of Food Price Increases on Caloric Intake in China"
N. Miller,
R. Jensen,
Agricultural Economics,
(39)
465-476
2008.
"Advertising Budgets in Competitive Environments"
N. Miller,
A. Pazgal,
Quantitative Marketing and Economics,
(5)
2
131-161
2007.
"Mechanism Design with Multidimensinal, Continuous Types and Interdependent Valuations"
N. Miller,
R. Zeckhauser,
S. Johnson,
J. Pratt,
Journal of Economic Theory,
(136)
1
476-496
2007.
"Provider Choice of Quality and Surplus"
N. Miller,
K. Eggleston,
R. Zeckhauser,
INternational Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics,
(6)
103-117
2006.
"Insurer-Provider Integration, Credible Commitment, and Managed Care Backlash"
N. Miller,
Journal of Health Economics,
(25)
5
861-876
2006.
"Possibly-Final Offers"
N. Miller,
N. Piankov,
R. Zeckhauser,
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy,
(15)
Fall,
3
789-819
2006.
"Budget or Target: The Choice Between Input and Output Strategies"
N. Miller,
A. Pazgal,
Rand Journal of Economics,
(37)
Summer,
2
391-415
2006.
"Screening Budgets"
N. Miller,
A. Wagner,
R. Zeckhauser,
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,
(61)
3
351-374
2006.
"Eliciting Informative Feedback: The Peer Prediction Method"
N. Miller,
P. Resnick,
R. Zeckhauser,
Management Science,
(51)
September,
9
1359-1373
2005.
"Pricing Health Benefits: A Cost Minimization Approach"
N. Miller,
Journal of Health Economics,
(24)
5
931-948
2005.
"Strategic Trade and Delegated Competition"
N. Miller,
A. Pazgal,
Journal of International Economics,
(66)
1
215-231
2005.
"The Effects of Environmental Regulation on Technology Diffusion: The Case of Chlorine Manufacturing"
N. Miller,
L. Snyder,
R. Stavins,
American Economic Review,
(93)
May,
2
431-435
2003.
"Relative Performance as a Strategic Commitment Mechanism"
N. Miller,
A. Pazgal,
Managerial and Decision Economics,
(23)
March,
2
51-68
2002.
"The Equivalence of Price and Quality Competition with Delegation"
N. Miller,
A. Pazgal,
Rand Journal of Economics,
(32)
Summer,
2
284-301
2001.
"Efficiency in Partnerships with Joint Monitoring"
N. Miller,
Journal of Economic Theory,
(77)
December,
2
285-299
1997.
Working Papers
"Keepin' 'em Down on the Farm: Strategic Underinvestment in Education"
N. Miller,
R. Jensen,
2011.
"A Revealed Preference Approach to Measuring Hunger and Undernutrition."
2011.
"What Does Health Reform Mean for the Healthcare Industry: Evidence from the Massachusetts Special Election"
N. Miller,
M. Al-Ississ,
2010.
"Solomonic Separation: Gauging Preference Intensity Through Risk Taking"
N. Miller,
A. Wagner,
R. Zeckhauser,
2010.
"Outcome Commitments in Third-Party Committment: Theory and Application to U.S. Policy in Iraq"
N. Miller,
2008.
"Giffen Behavior in China: Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey"
N. Miller,
2007.
"Report Cards, Incentives, and Quality Competition in Health Care"
N. Miller,
2006.
"Health Benefits and Wages: Minimizing Total Compensation Cost"
N. Miller,
2004.
"Expenditure Switching as Consumption Insurance"
N. Miller,
R. Jensen,
2004.
"Moral Hazard with Persistent Actions and Learning"
N. Miller,
1999.
Honors and Awards
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students
, University of Illinois
, 2011-2012
Manuel C. Carballo Award for Excellence in Teaching
, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
, 2009
State Farm Companies Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Award in Insurance
, State Farm
, 1998
University Fellowship, Kellogg Fellowship
, Northwestern University
, 1997-1998
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
, Northwestern University
, 1994-1997
Rose Undergraduate Research Award
, University of Pennsylvania
, 1994
Beta Gamma Sigma
, University of Pennsylvania
, 1994
Honorary Mellon Fellow in Humanistic Studies
, University of Pennsylvania
, 1994
Junior Selectee
, Phi Beta Kappa
, 1993