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Professor Luigi Siciliani
Professor

Profile

Biography

  • BSc(Bocconi)
  • MSc(LSE)
  • PhD(York)

Co-editor of the Journal of Health Economics

Departmental roles

  • Programme Director, MSc Health Economics
  • Module Review Committee (PG Director Health Economics)
  • Performance Reviewer

Research

Overview

My main research interest is in health economics, mostly microeconomic theory and microeconometrics applied to selective topics. These include waiting times for non-emergency treatment, hospital quality competition, contracting theory applied to health care, pay for performance and coordination between health and social care.

Supervision

I am willing to supervise students on theoretical and empirical microeconomic issues in health economics.

Publications

Selected publications

Full details of publications can be found at RePEc

Mercader, L., Carrilero, N., García-Altés, A., López-Casasnovas, G., & Siciliani, L. 2023 Socioeconomic Inequalities in Waiting Times for Planned and Cancer Surgery: Evidence from Spain,  Health Economics, 32(5), 1181-1201. 

Ziad Ghandour,  Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume, 2022 Investment and Quality Competition in Healthcare MarketsJournal of Health Economics, 102588.

Marina Di Giacomo Massimiliano Piacenza Luigi Siciliani Gilberto Turati, 2022 The Effect of Co-Payments on the Take-Up of Prenatal TestsJournal of Health Economics81, 102553.

Giuseppe Moscelli, Hugh Gravelle, Luigi Siciliani, 2021 Hospital competition and quality for non-emergency patients in the English NHS, Rand Journal of Economics, 52(2), 382–414. 

Giacomo De Luca, Domenico Lisi, Marco Martorana, Luigi Siciliani, 2021 Does higher Institutional Quality improve the Appropriateness of Healthcare Provision?  Journal of Public Economics, 194, February, 104356.

Laurie Rachet-Jacquet Nils Gutacker Luigi Siciliani, 2021 Scale economies in the health sector: The effect of hospital volume on health gains from hip replacement surgery, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization,  190, 704-729.

Kurt Brekke,  Chiara Canta, Luigi Siciliani, Odd Rune Straume, 2021 Hospital competition in a national health service: Evidence from a patient choice reformJournal of Health Economics, 79, 102509.

Full publications list

See personal website for full list of publications in peer-reviewed journals, and chapters.

Teaching

Undergraduate

Third Year

  • Health Economics

Postgraduate

  • Health Economics

Luigi Siciliani

Luigi Siciliani
Professor
Department of Economics
Room: A/D/211

Tel: 01904 32 2300 

Personal Website

Office and feedback hours for York Students only during term time:

Monday 10.30-12.30pm

Other times may be available by email appointment.