Public profile
Research areas
Health Economics, Industrial Organization
Economics
Vivian Ho
Chair in Health Economics, Baker Institute for Public Policy
Professor, Department of Economics
Average rating
4.0
6 temporary mock ratings
Difficulty
3.3
course-linked average
Courses
2
in seeded sections
Courses taught
ECON 481
Health Economics
Study of determinants of health, including behavioral, economic and social factors and access to health care. Application of economics to understand health insurance, the hospital and physician markets, pharmaceuticals, and the health care system. Effects of regulation and methods of payment. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ECON 481 if student has credit for ECON 565.
EconomicsNone3 credits
4.07.9hHo, Vivian
ECON 498
Honors Program In Economics-I
Research workshop open to ECON and MTEC majors. Students must have a GPA of at least 3.67 in all courses taken toward satisfying major requirements, and must have taken all ECON courses directly related to the topic of their research. Students develop a research idea, construct an economic model with testable hypotheses, test those hypotheses, and write and present an academic quality paper. Econometrics pre-requisite is ECON 209 for ECON majors and ECON 310 for MTEC majors.
EconomicsNone3 credits
3.28.7hBethune, Zachary, Hartley, Peter, Ho, Vivian, Medlock, Kenneth, Pouliot, Guillaume, Zodrow, George