Mark Stehr, PhD

Professor, Economics
Director, School of Economics

Center for Public Policy

Office: Gerri C. LeBow Hall 1021
stehr@drexel.edu
Phone: 215.895.0554

Additional Sites:

https://www.lebow.drexel.edu/people/markstehr

Education:

PhD, Economics, University of California at Berkeley, 2002
BS, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan 1991

Selected Publications:

Stehr, Mark, Carrera, Mariana, Royer, Heather, and Sydnor, Justin, Can Financial Incentives Help People Trying to Establish New Habits? Experimental Evidence with New Gym Members Journal: Journal of Health Economics. Journal of Health Economics (Forthcoming)
Mayne, Stephanie, Auchincloss, Amy, Stehr, Mark, Tabb, Loni, Shikany, James, Schreiner, Pamela, Widome, Rachel, and Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Associations of Bar and Restaurant Smoking Bans with Smoking Behavior in the CARDIA Study: a 25-Year Study. American Journal of Epidemiology (Jan 2018):
Kern, David, Auchincloss, Amy, Stehr, Mark, Diez Roux, Ana, Moore, K, Pham-Kanter, Genevieve, and Robinson, Lucy, Neighborhood price of healthier food relative to unhealthy food and its association with type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Preventive Medicine 106 (Jan 2018): 122-129.
Kern, David, Auchincloss, Amy, Robinson, Lucy, Stehr, Mark, and Pham-Kanter, Genevieve, Healthy and unhealthy food prices across neighborhoods and their association with neighborhood socioeconomic status and proportion black/Hispanic. Journal of Urban Health 94 (Aug 2017): 494-505.
Mayne, Stephanie, Auchincloss, Amy, Stehr, Mark, Kern, David, Navas-Acien, N, Kaufman, J, Michael, Yvonne, and Diez Roux, Ana, Longitudinal Associations of Local Cigarette Prices and Smoking Bans with Smoking Behavior in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Epidemiology 28 (Oct 2017): 863-871.
Stehr, Mark, Royer, Heather, and Sydnor, Justin, Incentives, Commitments and Habit Formation in Exercise: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Workers at a Fortune-500 Company. American Economic Journal - Applied Economics 7 (Jul 2015): 1-35.
Stehr, Mark, Intended and Unintended Consequences of Youth Bicycle Helmet Laws. Journal of Law and Economics 54 (May 2011):
Stehr, Mark, The Effect of Sunday Sales of Alcohol on Highway Crash Fatalities. B.e. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 10 (Jul 2010):
Carpenter, Christopher, and Stehr, Mark, The Effects of Mandatory Seatbelt Laws on Seatbelt Use, Motor Vehicle Fatalities, and Crash-Related Injuries among Youths. Journal of Health Economics 27 (May 2008): 642-662.
Stehr, Mark, The Effect of Sunday Sales Bans and Excise Taxes on Drinking and Cross Border Shopping for Alcoholic Beverages. National Tax Journal 60 (Mar 2007): 85-105.
Stehr, Mark, The Effect of Cigarette Taxes on Smoking among Men and Women. Health Economics 16 (Dec 2007): 1333-1343.
Prata, Ndola, Morris, Leo, Mazive, Elizio, Vahidnia, Farnaz, and Stehr, Mark, Relationship Between HIV Risk Perception and Condom Use: Evidence from a Population-Based Survey in Mozambique. International Family Planning Perspectives 32 (Dec 2006): 192-200.
Stehr, Mark, Cigarette Tax Avoidance and Evasion. Journal of Health Economics 24 (Mar 2005): 277-297.