Health Services Research. January 26, 2023
Jose Manuel Fernandez, PhD
Department Chair and Associate Professor, Economics
College of Business, Room 137
(502) 852-4861
Bio
Dr. Fernandez’s research focuses on a wide range of risky behavior and mental health topics with a special focus on suicide and substance abuse, including opioid-related healthcare utilization. Dr. Fernandez has over 20 articles appearing in well-respected journals such as the the International Economic Review, The Journal of Economic Education, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and Health Service Research Journal. He has appeared in over 100 local, regional, and national media interviews including NPR’s Planet Money and the Indicator.
Dr. Fernandez is a faculty scholar at the Commonwealth Institute of Kentucky, a member of the Statutory Committee Consensus Forecasting Group for the State of Kentucky, the former President of the American Society of Hispanic Economists, Member of the Committee on Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession, and the chair of the Economics Department at the University of Louisville.
Education
- PhD (Economics) University of Virginia, 2008
- MA (Economics) University of Virginia
- MA (Economics) University of South Florida
- BA (Economics) University of South Florida
Awards & Honors
Presidential Distinguished Service Award, 2022
University of Louisville
Cardinal Spirit Award, 2020
University of Louisville
Summer Research Support, 2008-10, 2012-13, 2017-18
University of Virginia
Fellow of the Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics, 2013-14
University of Louisville
Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2012
University of Louisville
Recent Research & Publications
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The associations of medical marijuana policies with opioid-related health care utilization -
Unraveling the Hispanic Health Paradox Journal of Economic Perspectives. January 1, 2023 -
How morality and efficiency shape public support for minimum wages Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. January 1, 2023 -
The effect of pill mill legislation on suicides Health Services Research. April 5, 2022 -
Consumers’ perceptions of product quality and entrepreneurial survival: evidence from the craft brewery industry Small Business and Enterprise Development. November 18, 2021