Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the United States Naval Academy. I received my PhD from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley.

 

I am an applied microeconomist with broad research interests in the economics of health, food, and nutrition, public economics, and labor economics. Much of my research studies consumer behavior in policy-relevant settings using applied econometric methods designed for causal inference. I have published research examining the economics of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, genetically modified foods, COVID-19, and the economics of superstars.

 

In my free time I enjoy cooking, reading science fiction, tennis, and skiing.

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email: skaplan [at] usna [dot] edu