Benjamin Handel

2.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Handel is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Handel has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 14 papers in General Health Professions and 6 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Handel's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (13 papers), Global Health Care Issues (11 papers) and Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (6 papers). Benjamin Handel is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (13 papers), Global Health Care Issues (11 papers) and Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (6 papers). Benjamin Handel collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Benjamin Handel's co-authors include Jonathan Kolstad, Amitabh Chandra, Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Joshua Schwartzstein, Kanishka Misra, Johannes Spinnewijn, James W. Roberts, Gautam Rao, Edward Miguel and Christopher Whaley and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and The Journal of Economic Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Handel

28 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Adverse Selection and Inertia in Health Insurance Markets... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2015 2017 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Adverse Selection and Inertia in Health Insurance Markets: When Nudging Hurts
    2013 421 citations Benjamin Handel American Economic Review profile →
  2. Health Insurance for “Humans”: Information Frictions, Plan Choice, and Consumer Welfare
    2015 245 citations Benjamin Handel, Jonathan Kolstad American Economic Review profile →
  3. What does a Deductible Do? The Impact of Cost-Sharing on Health Care Prices, Quantities, and Spending Dynamics*
    2017 230 citations Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Amitabh Chandra et al. The Quarterly Journal of Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin Handel United States 10 934 511 176 141 115 29 1.2k
Neale Mahoney United States 20 1.1k 1.2× 485 0.9× 83 0.5× 477 3.4× 48 0.4× 49 1.5k
Ching‐to Albert United States 19 1.2k 1.3× 662 1.3× 131 0.7× 41 0.3× 36 0.3× 59 1.5k
Jaap H. Abbring Netherlands 13 774 0.8× 368 0.7× 94 0.5× 81 0.6× 22 0.2× 49 1.2k
Ahmed Khwaja United States 16 258 0.3× 186 0.4× 109 0.6× 69 0.5× 60 0.5× 26 552
John Cullis United Kingdom 18 743 0.8× 186 0.4× 48 0.3× 231 1.6× 50 0.4× 72 1.1k
Kurt Richard Brekke Norway 21 1.2k 1.3× 467 0.9× 149 0.8× 72 0.5× 11 0.1× 76 1.5k
Jacob Goldin United States 14 554 0.6× 184 0.4× 32 0.2× 200 1.4× 93 0.8× 59 944
Christopher J. Flinn United States 20 1.3k 1.4× 370 0.7× 169 1.0× 160 1.1× 28 0.2× 47 1.9k
Harl E. Ryder United States 11 864 0.9× 220 0.4× 41 0.2× 118 0.8× 66 0.6× 15 1.1k
Philippe De Donder France 15 447 0.5× 155 0.3× 25 0.1× 186 1.3× 40 0.3× 92 689

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Handel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bursztyn, Leonardo, et al.. (2025). When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media. American Economic Review. 115(12). 4105–4136.
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Handel, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). The Socioeconomic Distribution of Choice Quality: Evidence from Health Insurance in the Netherlands. LSE Research Online. 6(3). 395–412. 2 indexed citations
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Bursztyn, Leonardo, et al.. (2023). When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Handel, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Employer risk‐adjustment transitions with inertial consumers: Evidence from CalPERS. Journal of Risk & Insurance. 90(1). 93–121. 2 indexed citations
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Bursztyn, Leonardo, et al.. (2023). When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Bursztyn, Leonardo, et al.. (2023). When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Whaley, Christopher, et al.. (2022). The Health Plan Environment In California Contributed To Differential Use Of Telehealth During The COVID-19 Pandemic. Health Affairs. 41(12). 1812–1820. 7 indexed citations
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Brot-Goldberg, Zarek, et al.. (2022). Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Vertical Relationships in Drug Supply: State of Current Research. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Handel, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Optimal Long-Term Health Insurance Contracts: Characterization, Computation, and Welfare Effects. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Handel, Benjamin, Jonathan Kolstad, & Johannes Spinnewijn. (2018). Information Frictions and Adverse Selection: Policy Interventions in Health Insurance Markets. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 101(2). 326–340. 40 indexed citations
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Handel, Benjamin & Joshua Schwartzstein. (2018). Frictions or Mental Gaps: What's Behind the Information We (Don't) Use and When Do We Care?. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 32(1). 155–178. 93 indexed citations
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Brot-Goldberg, Zarek, Amitabh Chandra, Benjamin Handel, & Jonathan Kolstad. (2017). What does a Deductible Do? The Impact of Cost-Sharing on Health Care Prices, Quantities, and Spending Dynamics*. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 132(3). 1261–1318. 230 indexed citations breakdown →
13.
Handel, Benjamin & Jonathan Kolstad. (2017). Wearable Technologies and Health Behaviors: New Data and New Methods to Understand Population Health. American Economic Review. 107(5). 481–485. 24 indexed citations
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Frech, H. E., et al.. (2015). Market Power, Transactions Costs, and the Entry of Accountable Care Organizations in Health Care. Review of Industrial Organization. 47(2). 167–193. 17 indexed citations
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Handel, Benjamin, et al.. (2015). Messaging and the Mandate: The Impact of Consumer Experience on Health Insurance Enrollment Through Exchanges. American Economic Review. 105(5). 105–109. 4 indexed citations
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Handel, Benjamin. (2014). Information or Compensation? Understanding the Role of Information Technology in Physician Response to Pay-For-Performance. 1 indexed citations
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Handel, Benjamin & Jonathan Kolstad. (2013). Health Insurance for. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Handel, Benjamin & Kanishka Misra. (2013). Robust New Product Pricing. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Handel, Benjamin, Kanishka Misra, & James W. Roberts. (2013). Robust firm pricing with panel data. Journal of Econometrics. 174(2). 165–185. 14 indexed citations
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Misra, Kanishka, James W. Roberts, & Benjamin Handel. (2009). Robust Firm Pricing with Panel Data. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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