Hello! I am an economist studying health and human behavior. My research investigates how people form beliefs and make decisions in contexts like diagnostic medicine, mental illness, and public health crises.

I am currently a postdoc at the UC Berkeley Center for Healthcare Marketplace Innovation. I completed my PhD in Economics at MIT in 2025, and my Bachelor’s in Statistics from Harvard University in 2016. In between the two, I worked as a data scientist at Civis Analytics, where I consulted for political campaigns, nonprofits, and tech companies.

You can reach my by email at adviks at berkeley dot edu.

Working Papers

X-raying Experts: Decomposing Systematic Mistakes in Radiology

Managing Emotions: The Effects of Online Mindfulness Meditation on Mental Health and Economic Behavior, with Pierre-Luc Vautrey.
Press: The Economist.

Common Functional Decompositions Can Mis-attribute Differences in Outcomes Between Populations, with Manuel Quintero, Will Stephenson, and Tamara Broderick.

Publications

When Guidance Changes: Government Stances and Public Beliefs, with Charlie Rafkin and Pierre-Luc Vautrey. Journal of Public Economics (2021).
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