Professor Sucharita Gopal Publishes on Opioid Mortality, Uses Spatial Durbin Data Model

Dr. Sucharita Gopal recently published on opioid mortality. Her paper emphasizes the importance of employing a spatial Durbin panel data model for quantifying the impact of a set of explanatory variables on opioid mortality rates in the US.

This study has major empirical results that carry some policy implications of interest for policy-makers and government agencies alike.