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Consumers' Misunderstanding of Health Insurance

By: George Loewenstein, Joelle Y. Friedman, Barbara McGill, Sarah Ahmad, Suzanne Linck, Stacey Sinkula, John Beshears, James J. Choi, Jonathan Kolstad, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, John A. List and Kevin G. Volpp
We report results from two surveys of representative samples of Americans with private health insurance. The first examines how well Americans understand, and believe they understand, traditional health insurance coverage. The second examines whether those insured... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Simplification; Insurance; Consumer Behavior; Health Care and Treatment; Cognition and Thinking; Insurance Industry; Health Industry; United States
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Business Economics - Doctoral

faculty mentors to identify a line of inquiry that will guide your original research. In the course of your research, you will present, analyze, and evaluate unique data and reach relevant, independent conclusions that advance your field. Areas of Specialization View Details
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I am interested in modeling learning and information processing in behavioral agents, and its financial and macroeconomic implications. View Details
Keywords: Finance; Behavioral Economics; Macroeconomics

    Economic Analysis of the Digital Economy

    As the cost of storing, sharing, and analyzing data has decreased, economic activity has become increasingly digital. But while the effects of digital technology and improved digital communication have been explored in a variety of contexts, the impact on... View Details
    • 09 Apr 2009
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    The Economics of Structured Finance

    Keywords: by Joshua D. Coval, Jakub Jurek & Erik Stafford
    • 2007
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    Choice, Rationality and Welfare Measurement

    By: Jerry R. Green and Daniel A. Hojman
    We present a method for evaluating the welfare of a decision maker, based on observed choice data. Unlike the standard economic theory of revealed preference, our method can be used whether or not the observed choices are rational. Paralleling the standard theory we... View Details
    Keywords: Welfare Economics; Behavioral Economics; Psychology; Decision Making; Economics; Voting
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    The Economics of Structured Finance

    By: Joshua D. Coval, Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford
    This paper investigates the spectacular rise and fall of structured finance. The essence of structured finance activities is the pooling of economic assets like loans, bonds, and mortgages, and the subsequent issuance of a prioritized capital structure of claims, known... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Asset Management; Debt Securities; Investment; Risk Management; Behavior
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    • 23 Dec 2019
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    Some of the Difficulties of Driving Behavior Change

    • February 2024
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    An Economic Framework for Vaccine Prioritization

    By: Mohammad Akbarpour, Eric Budish, Piotr Dworczak and Scott Duke Kominers
    We propose an economic framework for determining the optimal allocation of a scarce supply of vaccines that become gradually available during a public health crisis, such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Agents differ in observable and unobservable characteristics, and the... View Details
    Keywords: Vaccine; Fairness; Public Finance; Public Goods; Allocation Problems; Allocative Efficiency; Allocation Rules; Social Welfare; Pandemics; Inequality; COVID-19; COVID-19 Pandemic; Public Sector; Resource Allocation; Market Design; Marketplace Matching; Public Administration Industry
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    • December 2008
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    Behavioral Frontiers in Choice Modeling

    We review the discussion at a workshop whose goal was to achieve a better integration among behavioral, economic, and statistical approaches to choice modeling. The workshop explored how current approaches to the specification, estimation, and application of choice... View Details
    Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Integration; Goals and Objectives; Decision Choices and Conditions; Problems and Challenges; Business Processes; Customers; Behavior; Economics
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    • 01 Apr 1998
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    World Economic Forum

    World Economic Forum's annual conference in Davos, Switzerland, in February. Considered to be the world's foremost economic conference, this year's gathering, titled "Priorities for the 21st Century,"... View Details
    • 2020
    • Working Paper

    What Can Economics Say About Alzheimer's Disease?

    By: Amitabh Chandra, Courtney Coile and Corina Mommaerts
    Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) affects one in ten people aged 65 or older and is the most expensive disease in the United States. We describe the central economic questions raised by AD. While there is overlap with the economics of aging, the defining features of the... View Details
    Keywords: Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; Economics
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    • 31 Jan 2007
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    Behavioral Decision Research, Legislation, and Society: Three Cases

    Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
    • 2008
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    Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model

    By: Rakesh Khurana and Herbert Gintis
    Since the mid-1970s neoclassical economic theory has dominated business school thinking and teaching in dealing with the nature of human motivation. However valuable in understanding competitive product and financial markets, neoclassical economic theory employs an... View Details
    Keywords: Business Education; Ethics; Managerial Roles; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mathematical Methods; Behavior
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    • 19 Aug 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

    public outrage and protests, as well as a fair amount of handwringing on the part of politicians. What's less clear is how this rising level of inequality has affected the nation. Researchers have tried to determine its impact on a wide array of indicators—among them... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 07 Apr 2010
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    Economizing Corporate Travel

    Keywords: Air Transportation; Transportation
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    About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

    in real time, perhaps policy makers can anticipate financial vulnerability and take measures to prevent crises. Harvard faculty have originated measures of investor sentiment in the equity, credit, and sovereign debt markets. The View Details
    • 2023
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    The Buy-In Effect: When Increasing Initial Effort Motivates Behavioral Follow-Through

    By: Holly Dykstra, Shibeal O'Flaherty and A.V. Whillans
    Behavioral interventions often focus on reducing friction to encourage behavior change. In contrast, we provide evidence that adding friction can promote long-term behavior change when behaviors involve repeated costly efforts over longer time horizons. In... View Details
    Keywords: Friction; Behavior; Environmental Sustainability; Transportation; Outcome or Result
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    • 19 Jul 2017
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    Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior

    merits of different policies,” Beshears says. “Doing so makes the case that nudges are often a particularly fruitful avenue to invest in.” Related Reading: The Business of Behavioral Economics 5 Weight Loss... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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    People - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

    the National Bureau of Economic Research from 2011 to 2018. His research is in the areas of behavioral finance, corporate finance, and capital markets, with a primary focus on the interactions among... View Details