Costa-i-Font, Joan
Dr Joan Costa-i-Font
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Non LSE positions held
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Position held
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University of Barcelona
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Professor of Applied Economics
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CESifo
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Network Research Fellow
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FEDEA
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Network Research Fellow
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Experience keywords:
economics of social policy; political economy; political economy of social policy; social economics; health economics
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Dr Costa-Font's teaching and research interests include theoretical, empirical and policy questions on both 'political economy and economics of health and social policy'. He is also interested in theoretical questions on social economics when they give rise to substantive public policy implications. He is currently working on two projects attempting to understand the effects of social (vis-a-vis monetary) incentives (e.g., culture, identity, status, self-image, altruism), and institutional arrangements accommodating preference heterogeneity (such as fiscal decentralization and provider choice reforms) on health, insurance and redistribution. Specifically, during 2013 his work will focus on how to expand insurance for long-term care. In addition, he will contribute to a wider project on causal life course effects of policy interventions on mental and physical well-being
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Sectors and industries to which research relates:
Healthcare; Information Technology; Policy and Regulatory Bodies; Public Administration
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Countries and regions to which research relates:
USA; Europe; Mexico
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Languages: Catalan [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; French [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]; Spanish [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; German [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]; Basque [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]
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Media experience:
Has written for mainstream press; Radio
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Costa-i-Font, Joan and Karlsson, Martin and van den Berg, Bernard (2012) Redesigning long-term care finance and delivery. Applied economic perspectives and policy, 34 (2). pp. 215-219. ISSN 2040-5790 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Jofre-Bonet, Mireia (2012) Anorexia, body image and peer effects: evidence from a sample of European women. Economica, ISSN 0013-0427 Costa-i-Font, Joan (2011) Behavioural welfare economics: does 'behavioural optimality' matter? CESifo economic studies, 57 (4). pp. 551-559. ISSN 1612-7501 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Courbage, Christophe , (eds.) (2011) Financing long-term care in Europe: institutions, markets and models. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780230249462 Costa-i-Font, Joan (2011) Reforming long term care in Europe. Wiley-Blackwell, London, UK. ISBN 9781444338737 Costa-Font, Joan and Gemmill Toyama, Marin (2011) Does cost sharing really reduce inappropriate prescriptions among the elderly? Health policy, 101 (2). pp. 195-208. ISSN 0168-8510 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gemmill, Marin and Rubert, Gloria (2011) Biases in the healthcare luxury good hypothesis?: a meta-regression analysis. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, series A, 174 (1). pp. 95-107. ISSN 0964-1998 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Salvador-Carulla, Luis and Cabases, Juan and Alonso, Jordi and McDaid, David (2011) Tackling neglect and mental health reform in a devolved system of welfare governance. Journal of social policy, 40 pp. 295-312. ISSN 1469-7823 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and McGuire, Alistair (2011) Persistence despite action? Measuring the patterns of health inequality in England (1997–2007). Health Policy, 103 (2-3). pp. 149-159. ISSN 0168-8510 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Costa-Font, Montserrat (2011) Explaining optimistic old age disability and longevity expectations. Social indicators research, 104 (3). pp. 533-544. ISSN 0303-8300 Costa-i-Font, Joan (2010) Devolution, diversity and welfare reform: long-term care in the ‘Latin Rim’. Social policy & administration, 44 (4). pp. 481-494. ISSN 0144-5596 Costa-i-Font, Joan (2010) Does devolution lead to regional inequalities in welfare activity? Environment and planning c: government and policy, 28 (3). pp. 435-449. ISSN 0263-774X Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gil, Joan and Mascarilla-Miró, Oscar (2010) Housing wealth and housing decisions in old age: sale and reversion. Housing studies, 25 (3). pp. 375-395. ISSN 0267-3037 Costa-i-Font, Joan (2010) Book review: the politics of European Union health policies. Journal of European social policy, 205 (2). pp. 170-170. ISSN 1461-7269 Costa-i-Font, Joan (2010) Book review: territory, democracy and justice: regionalism and federalism in western democracies. Regional studies, 44 (1). ISSN 0034-3404 Banting, Keith and Costa-i-Font, Joan (2010) Decentralization, welfare, and social citizenship in contemporary democracies. Environment and planning c: government and policy, 28 (3). pp. 381-388. ISSN 0263-774X Costa-i-Font, Joan and Fabbri, Daniele and Gil, Joan (2010) Decomposing cross-country differences in levels of obesity and overweight: does the social environment matter? Social science and medicine, 70 (8). pp. 1185-1193. ISSN 0277-9536 Breyer, Frederich and Costa-Font, Joan and Felder, Stefan (2010) Ageing, health, and health care. Oxford review of economic policy, 26 (4). pp. 674-690. ISSN 0266-903X Costa-Font, Joan (2010) Family ties and the crowding out of long-term care insurance. Oxford review of economic policy, 26 (4). pp. 691-712. ISSN 0266-903X Costa-i-Font, Joan and Courbage, Christophe and McGuire, Alistair, (eds.) (2009) The economics of new health technologies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199550685 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Mascarilla-Miró, O. and Elvira, D. (2009) Ageing in place? An examination of elderly people housing preferences in Spain. Urban studies, 46 (2). pp. 295-316. ISSN 1360-063X Costa-i-Font, Joan and Mossialos, Elias and Rudisill, Caroline (2009) Optimism and the perceptions of new risks. Journal of risk research, 12 (1). pp. 27-41. ISSN 1366-9877 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Fabbri, Daniele and Gil, Joan (2009) Decomposing body mass index gaps between Mediterranean countries: a counterfactual quantile regression analysis. Economics and human biology, 7 pp. 351-365. ISSN 1670-677X Costa-i-Font, Joan and Mossialos, Elias and Rudisill, Caroline (2009) When is the Internet a valued communication device for health information in Europe? Economics of innovation and new technology, 18 (5). pp. 429-445. ISSN 1043-8599 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gil, Joan (2008) Would socio-economic inequalities in depression fade away with income transfers? Journal of happiness studies, 9 (4). pp. 539-558. ISSN 1389-4978 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rudisill, Caroline and Mossialos, Elias (2008) Attitudes as an expression of knowledge and 'political anchoring': the case of nuclear power in the United Kingdom.. Risk analysis, 28 (5). pp. 1273-1283. ISSN 1539-6924 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Garcia-Gonzalez, Anna and Font-Vilalta, Montserrat (2008) Relative income and attitudes towards long-term care financing. Geneva papers on risk and insurance, 33 (4). pp. 673-693. ISSN 1018-5895 Costa-i-Font, Joan (2008) Housing assets and the socio-economic determinants of health and disability in old age. Health and place, 14 (3). pp. 478-491. ISSN 1353-8292 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Jofre-Bonet, Mireia (2008) Is there a 'secession of the wealthy'?: private health insurance uptake and National Health System support. Bulletin of economic research, 60 (3). pp. 265-287. ISSN 0307-3378 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rovira-Forns, Joan (2008) Who is willing to pay for long-term care insurance in Catalonia? Health policy, 86 (1). pp. 72-84. ISSN 0168-8510 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Wittenberg, Raphael and Patxot, Concepció and Comas-Herrera, Adelina and Gori, Cristiano and di Maio, Alessandra and Pickard, Linda and Pozzi, Alessandro and Rothgang, Heinz (2008) Projecting long-term care expenditure in four European Union member states: the influence of demographic scenarios. Social indicators research, 86 (2). pp. 303-321. ISSN 0303-8300 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gil Transfi, Joan (2008) Generational effects and gender height dimorphism in contemporary Spain. Economics and human biology, 6 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1670-677X Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gil, J. (2008) What lies behind socio-economic inequalities in obesity in Spain: a decomposition approach. Food policy, 33 (1). pp. 61-73. ISSN 0306-9192 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Moscone, Francesco (2008) The impact of decentralization and inter-territorial interactions on Spanish health expenditure. Empirical economics, 34 (1). pp. 167-184. ISSN 0377-7332 Kanavos, Panos and Costa-i-Font, Joan and Seeley, Elizabeth (2008) Competition in off-patent drug markets: issues, regulation and evidence. Economic policy, 23 (55). ISSN 0266-4658 Aspachs, Oriol and Clots-Figueres, Irma and Costa-i-Font, Joan and Massella, Paolo (2008) Compulsory language educational policies and identity formation. Journal of European Economic Association, 6 (2-3). pp. 434-444. ISSN 1542-4766 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Puig-Junoy, Jaume (2007) Institutional change, innovation and regulation failure: evidence from the Spanish drug market. Policy and politics, 35 (4). pp. 701-718. ISSN 0305-5736 Kanavos, Panos and Costa-i-Font, Joan and McGuire, Alistair (2007) Product differentiation, competition and regulation of new drugs: the case of statins in four European countries. Managerial and decision economics, 28 (4-5). pp. 455-465. ISSN 1099-1468 Pickard, Linda and Comas-Herrera, Adelina and Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gori, Cristiano and di Maio, Alessandra and Patxot, Concepció and Pozzi, Alessandro and Rothgang, Heinz and Wittenberg, Raphael (2007) Modelling an entitlement to long-term care services for older people in Europe: projection for long-term care expenditure to 2050. Journal of European social policy, 17 (1). pp. 33-48. ISSN 0958-9287 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Kanavos, Panos and Rovira-Forns, Joan (2007) Determinants of out-of-pocket pharmaceutical expenditure and access to drugs in Catalonia. Applied economics, 39 (5). pp. 541-551. ISSN 0003-6846 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Pons-Novell, J (2007) Public health expenditure and spatial interactions in a decentralized national health system. Health economics, 16 (3). pp. 291-306. ISSN 1057-9230 Gemmill, Marin and Costa-i-Font, Joan and McGuire, Alistair (2007) In search of a corrected prescription drug elasticity estimate: a meta-regression approach. Health economics, 16 (6). pp. 627-643. ISSN 1057-9230 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Jofre-Bonet, Mireia (2006) Are private health insurance subscribers unsatisfied with the Spanish National Health System? Geneva papers on risk and insurance, 31 (4). pp. 650-668. ISSN 1018-5895 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Mascarilla-Miró, Oscar and Elvira, David (2006) Means testing and the heterogeneity of housing assets: funding long-term care in Spain. Social policy & administration, 40 (5). pp. 543-559. ISSN 0144-5596 Gemmill, Marin and Costa-i-Font, Joan and Kanavos, Panos (2006) Insurance coverage and the heterogeneity of health and drug spending in the United States. Geneva papers on risk and insurance, 31 (4). pp. 669-691. ISSN 1018-5895 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rico, A. (2006) Vertical competition in the Spanish National Health System (NHS). Public choice, 128 (3-4). pp. 477-498. ISSN 1573-7101 Comas-Herrera, Adelina and Wittenberg, Raphael and Gori, Cristiano and Costa-i-Font, Joan and di Maio, Alessandra and Patxot, Concepció and Pickard, Linda and Pozzi, Alessandro and Rothgang, Heinz (2006) Future long-term care expenditure in Germany, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom. Ageing and society, 26 (2). pp. 285-302. ISSN 1469-1779 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rodriguez-Oreggia, Eduardo (2006) Path dependency and the allocation of public investment in Mexico. Environment and planning C : government and policy, 24 (2). pp. 297-311. ISSN 0263-774X Costa-i-Font, Joan (2006) Pricing and reimbursement policies in Spain: current and future trends. In: Garau, Martina and Mestre-Ferrandiz, Jorge, (eds.) European medicines pricing and reimbursement : now and the future. Radcliffe Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 79-94. ISBN 9781846191848 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gil, Joan (2006) Revisiting the ‘fat and jolly’ hypothesis: socio-environmental determinants of obesity and depression in Spain. Socio-economic review, 4 (3). pp. 513-542. ISSN 1475-1461 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rico, A. (2006) Devolution and the interregional inequalities in health and healthcare in Spain. Regional studies, 40 (8). pp. 1-13. ISSN 0034-3404 Kanavos, Panos and Costa-i-Font, Joan (2005) Pharmaceutical parallel trade in Europe: stakeholders and competition effects. Economic policy, 20 (44). pp. 751-798. ISSN 0266-4658 Lopez-Casasnovas, Guillem and Costa-i-Font, Joan and Planas, Ivan (2005) Diversity and regional inequalities in the Spanish system of health care services. Health economics, 14 (S1). pp. 221-235. ISSN 1057-9230 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rodriguez-Oreggia, Eduardo (2005) Is the impact of public investment neutral across the regional income distribution?: evidence from Mexico. Economic geography, 81 (3). pp. 305-322. ISSN 0013-0095 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gil, Joan (2005) Obesity and the incidence of chronic diseases in Spain: a seemingly unrelated probit approach. Economics and human biology, 3 (2). pp. 188-214. ISSN 1670-677X Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rodriguez-Oreggia, Eduardo (2005) Trade and the effect of public investment on regional inequalities in heterogeneously integrated areas. The world economy, 28 (6). pp. 873-892. ISSN 0378-5920 Mossialos, Elias and Costa-i-Font, Joan and Davaki, Konstantina and Karras, Konstantinos (2005) Is there 'patient selection' in the demand for private maternity care in Greece? Applied economics letters, 12 (1). pp. 7-12. ISSN 1350-4851 Rico, Ana and Costa-i-Font, Joan (2005) Power rather than path dependency?: The dynamics of institutional change under health care federalism. Journal of health politics, policy and law, 30 (1). pp. 231-252. ISSN 0361-6878 Costa-i-Font, Joan (2005) Inequalities in self reported health within Spanish regional health services: devolution re-examined? International journal of health planning and management, 20 (1). pp. 41-52. ISSN 0749-6753 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Mossialos, Elias (2005) 'Ambivalent' individual preferences towards biotechnology in the European Union: products or processes? Journal of risk research, 8 (4). pp. 341-354. ISSN 1366-9877 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rovira, Joan (2005) Eliciting preferences for collectively financed health programmes: the 'willingness to assign' approach. Applied economics, 37 (14). pp. 1571-1583. ISSN 0003-6846 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Gil Transfi, Joan (2004) Social interactions and the contemporaneous determinants of individuals’ weight. Applied economics, 36 (20). pp. 2253-2263. ISSN 0003-6846 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Font-Vilalta, Montserrat (2004) Preference for National Health Service use and the demand for private health insurance in Spain. Geneva papers on risk and insurance, 29 (4). pp. 705-718. ISSN 1018-5895 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Patxot, Concepció (2004) The intergenerational impact of long-term care financing alternatives in Spain. The Geneva papers of risk and insurance, 29 (4). pp. 599-619. ISSN 1554-964X Costa-i-Font, Joan and Rodriguez-Oreggia, Eduardo and Lunapla, Dario (2003) Political competition and pork-barrel politics in the allocation of public investment in Mexico. Public choice, 116 (1-2). pp. 185-204. ISSN 0048-5829 Costa-i-Font, Joan and Garcia, Jaume (2003) Demand for private health insurance: how important is the quality gap? Health economics, 12 (7). pp. 587-599. ISSN 1057-9230 Rovira, Joan and Kip Viscusi, W. and Antoñanzas, Fernando and Costa-i-Font, Joan and Hart, Warren and Carvalho, Irineu (2000) Smoking risks in Spain: part II — perceptions of environmental tobacco smoke externalities. Journal of risk and uncertainty, 21 (2-3). pp. 187-212. ISSN 0895-5646 Rovira, Joan and Kip Viscusi, W. and Antoñanzas, Fernando and Costa-i-Font, Joan and Hart, Warren and Carvalho, Irineu (2000) Smoking risks in Spain: part II - perceptions of environmental tobacco smoke externalities. Economics and Business Discussion Paper, 305. 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