Joan Costa-i-Font

Joan Costa-i-Font (born 20 September 1974) is a Spanish born and British naturalised economist specializing in health economics and political economy. Born in Barcelona, he holds a PhD in Economics and an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He currently works as a Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His main research examines the political economy of health care reform in Europe and the economic analysis of health policies and problems. He has also been guest editor for Oxford Review of Economic Policy.^[1]

Publications

The Economics of New Health Technologies with Alistair McGuire and Christophe Courbage. (2010) Oxford University Press^[2]
"Reforming Long-term Care in Europe". (2011) [Wiley]^[3]

"Biases in the Health Care Luxury Good Hypothesis? A Meta-regression Analysis" (with Gemmill-Toyama, M and Rubert, G). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society – Series A, 2010, in press.
"Compulsory Language Educational Policies and Identity Formation" (with Irma Clots Figueres, Oriol Aspachs and Paolo Masella), Journal of the European Economic Association, papers & proceedings, 2008, 6(2-3): 434-444
"Public Health Expenditure and Spatial Interactions in a Decentralized National Health System," (with Jordi Pons) Health Economics, 2007, 16(3): 291 – 306.
"In Search of a Corrected Prescription Drug Elasticity Estimate: A Meta-Regression Approach," (with Marin Gemmill and Alistair McGuire). Health Economics, 2007, 16(6): 627-643
"Vertical Competition in the Spanish National Health System (NHS)," (with Ana Rico) . Public Choice, 128(3-4): 477-498. (2006)
"Diversity and regional inequalities: assessing the outcomes of the Spanish 'system of health care services', (with Guillem López-Casasnovas and Ivan Planas). Health Economics, 2005, 14(S): S221–S235.
"Pharmaceutical Parallel Trade in Europe: Impact on Stakeholders and Competition Effects," (with Panos Kanavos). Economic Policy, 2005, 20(44): 753-798

Persondata
Name	Costa-i-Font, Joan
Alternative names	Costa-Font, Joan
Short description	Spanish political economist
Date of birth	20 September 1974
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Date of death
Place of death