My Research

I investigate how people form opinions about health care policy, social spending, and taxation. I also examine the effects of social policies on health outcomes and access to care across lines of race, geography, and socioeconomic status.

I also serve on the Research Council of A Healthier Democracy, where I study how civic engagement among underserved populations affects health outcomes. Below is a selection of my ongoing projects and published research.

— Peer-Reviewed Publications —

  1. Carter, B., Del Ponte, A., and DeScioli, P. Do voters understand who benefits from taxes? Forthcoming at Perspectives on Politics.
  2. Carter, B., Kaur-Gill, S., Murphy, M., O'Malley, J., Barnato, A. (2026). The Impact of Race and Physician–Patient Racial Concordance on the Incidence of Inpatient Advance Care Planning. Journal of General Internal Medicine. [pdf]
  3. Carter, B. (2025). Does misunderstanding taxes inflate people's support for Medicare spending? Journal of Behavioral Public Administration. [pdf]
  4. Carter, B., Denny, J., Loehrer, A. (2025). Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Stage of Diagnosis of Lung Cancer for Rural and Urban Patients in New Hampshire. Journal of Rural Health. [pdf]
  5. Carlos, H., Weiss, J., Carter, B., Akre, E., Diaz, A., Loehrer, A. (2024). Neighborhood Trajectories from Historic Redlining to the Area Deprivation Index. Journal of Urban Health. [pdf]
  6. Green, L., Carter, B., and Loehrer, A. (2024). Examining Medicaid Waivers: An Opportunity to Promote Equity in Cancer Care. Journal of American Medical Association: Oncology. [pdf]
  7. Loehrer, A.,Weiss, J., Chatoorgoon, K., Bello, O., Hasson, R., Diaz, A., Carter, B., Delmont, M., Akre, E., Carlos, H. (2023). Residential Redlining, Neighborhood Trajectory,and Equity of Breast and Colorectal Cancer Care. Annals of Surgery. [pdf]
  8. Carter, B., and Del Ponte, A. (2022). Integrating web applications into popular survey platforms for online experiments. Behavior Research Methods. [pdf]
  9. Barabas, J., Carter, B., and Shan, K. (2020). Analogical Framing: How Policy Comparisons Alter Political Support for Health Care Reform. American Politics Research. [pdf]


— Manuscripts Under Review —

  • Del Ponte, A., Carter, B. "From Bipartisan to Partisan: How Elite Cues Override Aesthetic Intuition in Federal Architecture Preferences."
  • Carter, B., Kernell, G., McCann, J., McCabe, K., and Singh, R. "What Mobilizes the Mobilizers? How Text and Email Messages Shape GOTV Efforts."


    — Working Papers —

  • Sawyer, M., Carter, B. "Taxation Without Access: Correcting Misperceptions Increases Public Support for Immigrants’ Access to Health Insurance"
  • Carter, B. and DeScioli, P. "Fairness and Redistribution: Do people's perceptions of merit and luck depend on their success?"
  • Carter, B., Del Ponte, A., DeScioli, P. "Partisanship and voting on taxes: Is it more intuitive to tax only the rich?""
Email: bcarter16@ua.edu  ·  Address: 340 ten Hoor Hall, Marrs Spring Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401