Assistant Professor

Research Interests

Health Economics, Urban Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Courses Taught

Econ 106 (Elements of Mathematical Economics), Econ 131 (Quantitative Economics)

Education

• PhD in Economics, Georgia State University, 2024
  Dissertation: Hospital and Patient Responses to Medicare Policy
• Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Economics and Policy, Tulane University, 2024-2026
  Post-doc research: Surgical Delay and Inpatient Outcomes: Evidence from Emergency Abdominal Surgery
• M.A. in Economics, Georgia State University, 2021
• B.S. in Applied Mathematics (Major in Mathematical Finance), Ateneo de Manila University of the Philippines, 2014

Publications

• Ang, R. (2026). Medicare Part D and Hospital Admissions Due to Antimicrobial Resistance. Health Economics, 35(5), 759-777.
• Ang, R. (2025). Expanded Prescription Coverage and Opioid Use Disorders: Evidence from Medicare Part D. Economics & Human Biology, 59, 101536.
• Kim, K., Lee, J., Albis, M.L., & Ang, R. (2021). Benefits and Spillover Effects of Infrastructure: A Spatial Econometric Approach. East Asian Economic Review, 25(1), 3-31.
• Paderon, M.M., & Ang, R. (2020). Possible Effects of China’s Belt and Road Initiative on Philippine Trade and Investments. Philippine Journal of Development, 44(2), 37-49.

Full CV: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xp27vtj9zj293ce5t6pbr/CV-R-Ang.pdf?rlkey=jjlut1f8tgy48z6kgc9070mlu&dl=0
RePEc: https://ideas.repec.org/f/pan646.html
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3QUavOAAAAAJ&hl=en
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/rbang/