Hanming Fang

Hanming Fang is the Joseph M. Cohen Term Professor of Economics and Department Chair at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts & Sciences. He holds secondary appointments in Wharton’s Department of Health Care Management and Department of Business Economics and Public Policy. His research focuses on applied microeconomics, public economics, and the Chinese economy, with notable contributions to health insurance markets, population aging, and political economy. Fang is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and recipient of the Kenneth Arrow Prize for work on Medigap insurance markets.

Education: Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania (2000). Prior positions include Yale University and Duke University.

Research Interests: Applied microeconomic theory, empirical microeconomics, public economics, Chinese economy, insurance markets, discrimination, health policy, and population aging. His recent work examines labor market effects of health reforms, SOE resurgence under anti-corruption campaigns, and high-speed rail impacts on EV adoption in China.

Awards:

• 17th Kenneth Arrow Prize (2008)
• Econometric Society Fellowship (2018)

Professional Roles: Co-editor of Journal of Health Economics; editorial board member of Annual Review of Economics; NBER Research Associate (acting director of Chinese Economy WG 2014-16); Senior Fellow at Leonard Davis Institute and Center for the Study of Contemporary China.

Key Projects: Studies include corruption’s economic effects, ACA insurance market dynamics, and China’s industrial policy evolution. Active in cross-disciplinary teams like the Australia-China Population Aging Research Hub.