Dr Susan Mendez
Research Fellow
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Location
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Level 5, Faculty of Business and Economics Building, 111 Barry Street,
The University of Melbourne
Biography
Susan joined the Melbourne Institute in April 2014. She is a Research Fellow in the Health Economics research program. Before joining the Institute, Susan was a Research Associate at the Chair for Entrepreneurship at the University of Zurich. Susan completed her MA in Economics (12/2007) and her doctoral studies in Management and Economics (10/2013) at the University of Zurich.
Research Interests
Applied Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics, Health Economics, and Labour Economics
Current Projects
Early child development and educational outcomes
Parallel trade in pharmaceutical markets
Regulation of pharmaceutical markets
Dr Susan Mendez's Personal Page
Selected Publications
"Regulation of pharmaceutical prices: Evidence from a reference price reform in Denmark" (with U. Kaiser, T. Rønde, and H. Ullrich), Journal of Health Economics, 36, 174-187, 2014
"Parallel trade of pharmaceuticals: The Danish market for statins"
"How do drug prices respond to a change from external to internal reference pricing? -- Evidence from a Danish regulatory reform" (with U. Kaiser)