Research

Selected Working Papers

“Physician Learning and Forgetting: Evidence from the U.S. Military” with Trevor Fitzgerald and Atul Gupta. NBER Working Paper No. 35502 (Submitted)

Select Publications

Abby Alpert, Stephen D. Schwab, and Benjamin Ukert “Opioid Use and Employment Outcomes: Evidence from the U.S. Military,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 2025

Stephen D. Schwab “The Value of Specific Knowledge: Evidence from Disruptions to the Patient- Physician Relationship,” Management Science, 71(10), 8289-8303, 2025

Stephen D. Schwab and Manasvini Singh “How Power Shapes Behavior: Evidence from Physicians”, Science, 384(6697), 802-808, 2024

Kimberly Decker, Stephen D. Schwab, Gloria Bazzoli, Askar Chukmaitov, and Christian Wernz “The Impact of Performance-Based Budgeting on Quality Outcomes in U.S. Military Health Care Facilities”, Health Care Management Review, 48(3), 2023

Amelia M. Bond, Stephen D Schwab “Utilization Variaton in Military versus Civilian Care: Evidence from Tricare,” Health Affairs, 38(8), August 2019.