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Nancy NicosiaSanta Monica Office Economist EducationPh.D. in economics, Univerity of California, Berkeley |
Research Focus
Substance use and abuse; health; crime; industrial organization; public finance; labor economics
RAND Research Areas
Recent Projects
- Impact of methamphetamine abuse on health and crime
- Medicare payments for hospice
- Maternal labor supply and school meal participation
- Under-utilization of women-owned businesses
Selected Publications
Lisa Shugarman, Nancy Nicosia, and Cynthia Schuster, Comparing For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers - A Review of the Literature, RAND Corporation, 2007
Nancy Nicosia and Nancy Moore, Implementing Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: Best Practices in Market Research, RAND Corporation, 2006
Nancy Nicosia, Elaine Reardon, Karl Lorenz, Joanne Lynn, and Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, The Medicare Hospice Payment System: A Preliminary Consideration of Potential Refinements, RAND Corporation, 2006
Nancy Nicosia, Competitive Contracting in the Mass Transit Industry: Causes and Consequences, UC Berkeley PhD Dissertation, 2002
Carlos Dobkin and Nancy Nicosia, The War on Drugs: Methamphetamine, Public Health and Crime
Research Focus
Industrial organization; Public finance; Labor economics; Substance abuse; health and crime
RAND Research Areas
Recent Projects
- Impact of methamphetamine abuse on health and crime
- Economic costs of methamphetamine abuse
- The effect of treatment on community outcomes
- Economic determinants of school meal participation
- Competitive food availability in schools
Selected Publications
Carlos Dobkin and Nancy Nicosia, "The War on Drugs: Methamphetamine, Public Health and Crime", American Economic Review, 2009
Lisa Shugarman, Nancy Nicosia, Comparing For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers - A Review of the Literature., RAND Corporation, 2007
Nancy Nicosia, Elaine Reardon, Karl Lorenz, Joanne Lynn, and Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, The Medicare Hospice Payment System: A Preliminary Consideration of Potential Refinements., RAND Corporation, 2006
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