Nolan Miller

Associate Professor of Public Policy
Kennedy School
Office Address
Littauer-205
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 51
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-8959
Fax: 617-496-5747
Email: Nolan_Miller@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Katie Naeve (617-496-6435)
Nolan Miller

Profile

Nolan H. Miller, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Faculty Associate at CID and CBG, teaches core microeconomics courses in the MPA/ID and doctoral programs. His primary research is concerned with theoretical models of incentive problems in organizations, currently focusing on industrial organization theory, health care, and insurance markets. He received a PhD in managerial economics and decision sciences from Northwestern University and holds bachelor's degrees in economics (business) and philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania.

Courses

Fall

  • API-109 Advanced Microeconomics Analysis I
  • API-111 Microeconomic Theory I

Spring

Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Miller, Nolan, John W. Pratt, Richard Zeckhauser, and Scott Johnson. "Mechanism Design with Multidimensional, Continuous Types and Interdependent Valuations." Journal of Economic Theory 136.1 (September 2007): 476-496.
    • Miller, Nolan, and Amit Pazgal. "Advertising Budgets in Competitive Environments." Quantitative Marketing and Economics 5.2 (June 2007): 131-161.
    • Wagner, Alexander, Nolan Miller, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Screening Budgets." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 61.3 (November 2006): 351-374.
    • Miller, Nolan. "Insurer-Provider Integration, Credible Commitment, and Managed-Care Backlash." Journal of Health Economics 25.5 (September 2006): 861-876.
    • Miller, Nolan, Nikita E. Piankov and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Possibly-Final Offers." Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 15.3 (Fall 2006): 789-819.
    • Miller, Nolan H. and Amit Pazgal. "Budget or Target: The Choice Between Input and Output Strategies." RAND Journal of Economics 37.2 (Summer 2006): 391-415.
    • Miller, Nolan. "Pricing Health Benefits: A Cost Minimization Approach." Journal of Health Economics 24.5 (2005): 931-949.
    • Zeckhauser, Richard, Nolan Miller, and Paul Resnick. "Eliciting Informative Feedback: The Peer-Prediction Method." Management Science 51.9 (2005): 1359-1373.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Jensen, Robert T., and Nolan Miller. "Do Consumer Price Subsidies Really Improve Nutrition?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-025, April 2008.
    • Jensen, Robert T., and Nolan Miller. "Giffen Behavior: Theory and Evidence." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series and NBER (RWP07-030 and w13243), July 2007.