Richard J. Zeckhauser

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor of Public Policy

79 John F. Kennedy Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Professor

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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Citation 11

Investing in the Unknown and Unknowable

Capitalism and Society, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Article 5, 2006
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Jan 2013
Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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investing, unknown, unknowable, sidecar investment, fat-tailed distribution, Buffett, Kelly Criterion, asymmetric information

Investing in the Unknown and Unknowable

KSG Working Paper No. RWP07-005
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Feb 2007
Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Business and Government Policy, Economics - International Economics, Economics - Microeconomics, International Affairs/Globalization, International Trade and Finance, Regulation

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Simplicity and Complexity in Contracts

University of Chicago Law School, John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics Working Paper No. 93
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Jan 2000
Karen Eggleston, Eric A. Posner and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Stanford University - Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), University of Chicago - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Estimating the Returns to Insider Trading: A Performance-Evaluation Perspective

The Review of Economics and Statistics, pp. 453-471, May 2003
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 12 Feb 1999
Leslie A. Jeng, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Andrew Metrick
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Yale School of Management
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Company Stock Price Reactions to the 2016 Election Shock: Trump, Taxes and Trade

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Volume 130, Issue 2, November 2018, Pages 428-451, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 17-06, HKS Working Paper No. 17-005
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 02 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2019
Alexander F. Wagner, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Alexandre Ziegler
University of Zurich - Department of Finance, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Zurich - Department Finance
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Stock returns, event study, corporate taxes, trade policy, corporate interest payments, post-news drift, election surprise, market efficiency, price contribution analysis

Company Stock Reactions to the 2016 Election Shock: Trump, Taxes and Trade

NBER Working Paper No. w23152
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2023
Alexander F. Wagner, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Alexandre Ziegler
University of Zurich - Department of Finance, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Zurich - Department Finance
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Investor Rewards to Climate Responsibility: Stock-Price Responses to the Opposite Shocks of the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Elections

Review of Corporate Finance Studies, forthcoming, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 18-63, HKS Working Paper RWP21-12
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 27 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2021
University of St. Gallen - School of Finance, University of Zurich - Department of Finance, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Zurich - Department Finance
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Climate finance, climate policy, CSR, election surprise, ESG, event study, institutional investors, policy boomerang, stock returns

Investor Rewards to Climate Responsibility: Evidence from the 2016 Climate Policy Shock

NBER Working Paper No. w25310
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 03 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
University of St. Gallen - School of Finance, University of Zurich - Department of Finance, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Zurich - Department Finance
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Investor Rewards to Climate Responsibility: Stock-Price Responses to the Opposite Shocks of the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Elections

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13206
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 02 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2021
University of St. Gallen - School of Finance, University of Zurich - Department of Finance, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Zurich - Department Finance
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Citation 18

Overreaction to Fearsome Risks

Harvard Law School Program on Risk Regulation Research Paper No. 08-17, HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-079, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 446, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 253
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 24 Dec 2008
Cass R. Sunstein and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Overreaction to Fearsome Risks

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-079
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 14 Jan 2009
Richard J. Zeckhauser and Cass R. Sunstein
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard Law School
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Business and Government Policy, Microeconomics, Ethics/Political Philosophy, Law and Legal Institutions, Science¿ Technology and Public Policy

When Managers Change Their Tone, Analysts and Investors Change Their Tune

Financial Analysts Journal, 2020, 76( 2): 47–69, HKS Working Paper No. 16-004, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 15-02
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 03 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 05 May 2020
Marina Druz, Ivan Petzev, Alexander F. Wagner and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Swiss Finance Institute, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Zurich - Department of Finance and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Analysts, earnings conference calls, managerial tone, negative words, bleak tone, tone changes, price drift, textual analysis

Tips and Tells from Managers: How Analysts and the Market Read between the Lines of Conference Calls

NBER Working Paper No. w20991
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 02 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 11 May 2023
Marina Druz, Alexander F. Wagner and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Swiss Finance Institute, University of Zurich - Department of Finance and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Tips and Tells from Managers: How Analysts and the Market Read between the Lines of Conference Calls

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10364
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 02 Feb 2015
Marina Druz, Alexander F. Wagner and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Swiss Finance Institute, University of Zurich - Department of Finance and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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analysts, conference calls, market efficiency, textual analysis

The Online Laboratory: Conducting Experiments in a Real Labor Market

Experimental Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2015
John J. Horton, David G. Rand and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Experimentation, Online Labor Markets, Internet

The Online Laboratory: Conducting Experiments in a Real Labor Market

NBER Working Paper No. w15961
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 May 2010 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2023
John J. Horton, David G. Rand and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Unequal Rewards to Firms: Stock Market Responses to the Trump Election and the 2017 Corporate Tax Reform

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 108 (May), 2018, pp. 590-596
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2019
Alexander F. Wagner, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Alexandre Ziegler
University of Zurich - Department of Finance, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Zurich - Department Finance
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Stock returns, event study, corporate taxes, trade policy, corporate interest payments, post-news drift, election surprise, market efficiency

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Clean Water Act Brief

Reg-Markets Center Brief No. 08-03
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Jul 2008
Stanford University - Department of Economics, New York University - Stern School of Business, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Columbia University - Law School, Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Brookings Institution, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Technology Policy Institute, NERA Economic Consulting, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance, National Economic Research Associates Inc. (NERA) (Deceased), Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., Yale School of Management (Deceased), George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice, NERA Economic Consulting, Cato Institute, Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Milken Institute, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, University of Arizona - Eller College of Management, Princeton University - Department of Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Maryland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Brookings Institution, Arizona State University (ASU) - Economics Department, Chapman University - Economic Science Institute, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Vanderbilt University - Law School, New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Department of EconomicsStern School of Business, New York University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Seeking Truth for Power: Informational Strategy and Regulatory Policy Making

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 89, p. 277, 2004, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 93; Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 101; KSG Working Paper No. RWP04-021
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 12 May 2004 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2010
Cary Coglianese, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Edward (Ted) A. Parson
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Regulatory Strategy, Information Asymmetry, Administrative Law

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Paltering

KSG Working Paper No. RWP07-006
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Feb 2007
Frederick Schauer and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Virginia School of Law and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Advocacy and Persuasion, Ethics/Political Philosophy, Law and Legal Institutions, Press and Public Policy, Regulation

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CEO Clarity

HKS Working Paper No. RWP17-017, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 17-13
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 09 May 2017 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2021
Michał Dzieliński, Alexander F. Wagner and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, University of Zurich - Department of Finance and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Communication style, Clarity, Earnings conference calls, Firm value, Textual analysis

Straight Talkers and Vague Talkers: The Effects of Managerial Style in Earnings Conference Calls

NBER Working Paper No. w23425
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 24 May 2017 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2023
Michał Dzieliński, Alexander F. Wagner and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, University of Zurich - Department of Finance and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Citation 68

Trust, Risk and Betrayal

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 Dec 2003
Iris Bohnet and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Advocacy and persuasion, economics, econometric theory, ethics, political philosophy, law and legal Institutions, leadership, conflict management

Trust, Risk and Betrayal

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 Nov 2003
Iris Bohnet and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Trust, risk, dictator game, betrayal cost, experiments

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Sacrificing Civil Liberties to Reduce Terrorism Risks

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 15 Feb 2003
W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Crime and Criminal Justice, Human Rights, International Security, Law and Legal Institutions

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Owning, Using and Renting: Some Simple Economics of the Sharing Economy

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Feb 2016
John J. Horton and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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sharing economy, peer-to-peer markets, rentals, Airbnb, Uber, transaction costs

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The Value of Reputation on Ebay: A Controlled Experiment

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Mar 2003
Paul Resnick, Richard J. Zeckhauser, John Swanson and Kate Lockwood
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Information, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Independent and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Information
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Economics - Microeconomics, Information Technology, Regulation

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Insider Trading and Stock Splits

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2012
Vinh Nguyen, Anh Tran and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA), Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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illegal insider trading, stock split, state ownership, emerging market, signaling

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What Worms for the Early Bird: Early Admissions at Elite Colleges

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 Jan 2002
Christopher Avery, Andrew Fairbanks and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Education Policy

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National Ambient Air Quality Standards (Naaqs) Brief

AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper No. B00-01
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Nov 2006
Stanford University - Department of Economics, New York University - Stern School of Business, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., Columbia University - Law School, Stanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School, Brookings Institution, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Charles River Associates (CRA), Mendocino College, Canadian Investment Review - Rogers Media, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Technology Policy Institute, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, National Economic Research Associates Inc. (NERA) (Deceased), Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business (Deceased), American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Yale School of Management (Deceased), University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice, Cato Institute, Yale University - Department of Economics, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Milken Institute, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, University of Arizona - Eller College of Management, Brookings Institution, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Brookings Institution, Arizona State University (ASU) - Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, Vanderbilt University - Law School, Washington University in St. Louis - Murray Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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EPA, D.C. Circuit, regulatory actions

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The Anatomy of Health Insurance

NBER Working Paper No. w7176
Number of pages: 124 Posted: 21 Oct 1999 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2022
David M. Cutler and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Regulation by Generalization

AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper No. 05-16, KSG Working Paper No. RWP05-048
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Nov 2005
Frederick Schauer and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Virginia School of Law and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Business and Government Policy, Crime and Criminal Justice, Economics - Microeconomics, Environment and Natural Resources, Law and Legal Institutions, Regulation

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Policymaking for Posterity

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-040, Harvard Law School Program on Risk Regulation Research Paper No. 08-2
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2008
Lawrence H. Summers and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Business and Government Policy, International Economics, Microeconomics, Environment and Natural Resources, International Affairs/Globalization, Science¿ Technology and Public Policy

Policymaking for Posterity

NBER Working Paper No. w14359
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2022
Lawrence H. Summers and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega-Catastrophes

HKS Working Paper No. RWP10-008
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2010
Carolyn Kousky, Olga Rostapshova, Michael Toman and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Environmental Defense Fund, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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climate change, catastrophe, risk, decisionmaking under uncertainty

Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega-Catastrophes

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5127
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Carolyn Kousky, Olga Rostapshova, Michael Toman and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Environmental Defense Fund, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases, Climate Change Economics, Science of Climate Change, Hazard Risk Management, Transport and Environment

The Perception and Valuation of the Risks of Climate Change: A Rational and Behavioral Blend

KSG Working Paper No. RWP05-062, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 537
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 12 Dec 2005
W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Economics - Economic and Econometric Theory, Economics - Microeconomics, Environment and Natural Resources, Regulation

The Perception and Valuation of the Risks of Climate Change: A Rational and Behavioral Blend

NBER Working Paper No. w11863
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2022
W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Which Firms Won? Which Lost?

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 20-48
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 22 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2020
Alexander F. Wagner, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Alexandre Ziegler
University of Zurich - Department of Finance, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Zurich - Department Finance
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Corporate Taxes, Tax Cut And Jobs Act, Event Study, Market Efficiency, Tax Reform

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Which Firms Won? Which Lost?

HKS Working Paper No. RWP20-018
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 10 Jul 2020
Alexander F. Wagner, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Alexandre Ziegler
University of Zurich - Department of Finance, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Zurich - Department Finance
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Which Firms Won? Which Lost?

NBER Working Paper No. w27470
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2023
Alexander F. Wagner, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Alexandre Ziegler
University of Zurich - Department of Finance, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Zurich - Department Finance
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Which Firms Won? Which Lost?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14950
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 29 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2020
Alexander F. Wagner, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Alexandre Ziegler
University of Zurich - Department of Finance, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Zurich - Department Finance
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corporate taxes, event study, Market Efficiency, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, tax reform

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The Trouble with Cases

Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2009-09
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2009
Frederick Schauer and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Virginia School of Law and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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regulation, rule-making, litigation, availability

The Trouble with Cases

HKS Working Paper No. RWP09-025
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Dec 2009
Frederick Schauer and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Virginia School of Law and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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regulatory law, litigation, regulation

The Trouble with Cases

NBER Working Paper No. w15279
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 25 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2023
Frederick Schauer and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Virginia School of Law and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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The Denominator Blindness Effect: Accident Frequencies and the Misjudgment of Recklessness

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Dec 2002
W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Eliciting Honest Feedback in Electronic Markets

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Nov 2002
Nolan H. Miller, Paul Resnick and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Information and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Economics - Economic and Econometric Theory, Economics - Microeconomics

Paths to Convergence: Stock Price Adjustment After the Trump Election Shock

HKS Working Paper No. RWP17-039, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 17-36
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 15 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2018
Alexander F. Wagner, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Alexandre Ziegler
University of Zurich - Department of Finance, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Zurich - Department Finance
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Stock returns, price spreads, momentum, reversal, post-news drift, election surprise, market efficiency, predictability, price contribution analysis, corporate taxes, trade policy, event study

Paths to Convergence: Stock Price Behavior after Donald Trump's Election

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12657
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 29 Jan 2018
Alexander F. Wagner, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Alexandre Ziegler
University of Zurich - Department of Finance, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Zurich - Department Finance
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corporate taxes, election surprise, event study, Market Efficiency, Momentum, predictability, price contribution analysis, reversal, Stock returns, trade policy

Deterring and Compensating Oil Spill Catastrophes: The Need for Strict and Two-Tier Liability

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-27
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 21 Jun 2011
W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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BP Deepwater Horizon, oil spills, liability, catastrophic risk, environment, fat-tailed distributions

Deterring and Compensating Oil Spill Catastrophes: The Need for Strict and Two-Tier Liability

HKS Working Paper No. RWP11-025
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 15 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2012
W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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BP Deepwater Horizon, oil spills, liability, catastrophic risk, environment, fat-tailed distributions

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The 'CAPS' Prediction System and Stock Market Returns

HKS Working Paper No. RWP09-011
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 May 2009
Christopher Avery, Judith A. Chevalier and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Yale School of Management and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Economics, Microeconomics, Information Technology

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The Ecology of Risk Taking

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Jan 2003
Francois Degeorge, Boaz Moselle and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Lugano - Faculty of Economics, Ofgem and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Risk Asymmetric Information

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Hot Hands in Mutual Funds: the Persistence of Performance, 1974-87

NBER Working Paper No. w3389
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2022
Darryll Hendricks, Jayendu Patel and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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The Management Performance of the U.S. States

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 03 Aug 2004
David C. King, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Mark T. Kim
Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Public Management

The Causes of Peer Effects in Production: Evidence from a Series of Field Experiments

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2016
John J. Horton and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Mechanical Turk, Field Experiments, Peer Effects, Productivity

The Causes of Peer Effects in Production: Evidence from a Series of Field Experiments

HKS Working Paper No. 16-027
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2016
John J. Horton and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Peer Effects, Productivity, Effort, Field Experiments

The Causes of Peer Effects in Production: Evidence from a Series of Field Experiments

NBER Working Paper No. w22386
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2023
John J. Horton and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Adverse Selection in Health Insurance

NBER Working Paper No. w6107
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 07 May 2000 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2022
David M. Cutler and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Efficient Warnings, Not "Wolf or Puppy" Warnings

HKS Working Paper No. RWP16-033
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2016
Lisa A. Robinson, W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University, Center for Health Decision Science, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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39.

The Profits to Insider Trading: a Performance-Evaluation Perspective

NBER Working Paper No. w6913
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2022
Leslie A. Jeng, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Andrew Metrick
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Yale School of Management
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Confronting Deep and Persistent Climate Uncertainty

HKS Working Paper No. 16-025
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 08 Aug 2016
Gernot Wagner and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Climate sensitivity, uncertainty, risk, fat tails, mitigation, adaptation

41.

Excess Prices for Drugs in Medicare: Diagnosis and Prescription

HKS Working Paper No. RWP18-005
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 02 Feb 2018
Richard G. Frank and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard Medical School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 238 (248,372)
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42.

How Quantifying Probability Assessments Influences Analysis and Decision Making: Experimental Evidence from National Security Professionals

HKS Working Paper No. 16-016
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 May 2016 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2016
Jeffrey Friedman, Jennifer Lerner and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Dartmouth College, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 234 (252,420)
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National and International Security, Decision Sciences, Decision Making, Errors and Biases, Homeland Security, Intelligence, Military, Terrorism

43.

Artful Paltering: The Risks and Rewards of Using Truthful Statements to Mislead Others

HKS Working Paper No. RWP14-045
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2014
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and Harvard Business School - Marketing Unit
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Negotiation; Deception; Paltering; Risk; Lying

Restraining the Leviathan: Property Tax Limitation in Massachusetts

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Finance and Economics Discussion Series No. 97-47
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Apr 1998
David M. Cutler, Douglas W. Elmendorf and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Restraining the Leviathan: Property Tax Limitation in Massachusetts

NBER Working Paper No. w6196
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 12 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2022
David M. Cutler, Douglas W. Elmendorf and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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45.

Audits as Signals

HKS Working Paper No. RWP13-026, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 651
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2013
Maciej H. Kotowski, David A. Weisbach and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Notre Dame - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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46.

Betrayal Aversion on Four Continents

KSG Working Paper No. RWP06-005
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Jun 2006
Iris Bohnet, Fiona Greig, Benedikt Herrmann and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), The Vanguard Group, Inc., University of Nottingham - School of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Risk aversion, betrayal aversion, social risk, cross-cultural experiments, Economics - Microeconomics, Leadership/Conflict Management

47.

The Elasticity of Trust: How to Promote Trust in the Arab Middle East and the United States

HKS Working Paper No. RWP10-031
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Sep 2010
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of Nottingham - School of Economics, The American University in Cairo, Middlebury College - Department of Economics, Dubai School of Government and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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trust, leadership, conflict resolution, microeconomics, MIddle East

48.

Assessing Dynamic Efficiency: Theory and Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w2097
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2022
University of Pennsylvania - Finance Department, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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49.

Collective Investment Decision Making with Heterogenous Time Preferences

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 Apr 2003
Christian Gollier and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Aggregation of Preferences, Hyperbolic Discounting, Impatience, Time Preference, Investment and Consumption

50.

Amnesty, Enforcement and Tax Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w2096
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2022
Richard J. Zeckhauser and Herman B. Leonard
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Private Investment and Government Protection

KSG Working Paper No. RWP06-017
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Jul 2006
Carolyn Kousky, Erzo F. P. Luttmer and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Environmental Defense Fund, Dartmouth College and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 151 (373,902)
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Business and Government Policy, Economics - Microeconomics, Environment and Natural Resources

Private Investment and Government Protection

NBER Working Paper No. w12255
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2022
Carolyn Kousky, Erzo F. P. Luttmer and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Environmental Defense Fund, Dartmouth College and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 47 (777,608)
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52.

Hindsight-Choice Bias in Combating Terrorism

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Aug 2004
W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 192 (303,393)

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53.

When to Haggle

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 03 Oct 2001
Nolan H. Miller, Nikita Piankov and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, New Economic School (NES) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 182 (318,281)

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Economics, Microeconomics, Economics, Economic and Econometric Theory

54.

Owning, Using and Renting: Some Simple Economics of the 'Sharing Economy'

HKS Working Paper No. RWP16-007
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Mar 2016
John J. Horton and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 178 (324,743)
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Sharing economy, peer-to-peer markets, rentals, Airbnb, Uber, bringing-to-market costs, transaction costs

55.

Assessing Uncertainty in Intelligence

HKS Working Paper No. RWP12-027
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 19 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2012
Jeffrey Friedman and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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estimative intelligence, international security

56.

Social Comparisons in Ultimatum Bargaining

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 May 2003
Iris Bohnet and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 176 (327,995)
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Fairness, social comparisons, information

57.

Disgust Promotes Disposal: Souring the Status Quo

HKS Working Paper No. RWP10-021
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Jun 2010
Seunghee Han, Jennifer Lerner and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Carnegie Mellon University - Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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emotion, disgust, status quo bias, choice, decision making

58.

Loss Sequencing in Banking Networks: Threatened Banks As Strategic Dominoes

HKS Working Paper No. 16-030, Finance Down Under 2017 Building on the Best from the Cellars of Finance
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 26 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 08 May 2018
Ngoc-Khanh Tran, Thao Vuong and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Finance Dept., Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Banking Network, Cascades, Bailouts, Liquidations, Loss Sequence

59.

The Optimal Management of Environmental Quality with Stock and Flow Controls

KSG Working Paper No. RWP05-042, AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper No. 05-09
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Jul 2005
Nathaniel O. Keohane, Benjamin Van Roy and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Yale University - School of Management, Stanford University - Department of Management Science & Engineering and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Economics - Economic and Econometric Theory, Economics - Microeconomics, Environment and Natural Resources, Regulation

60.

Addressing Catastrophic Risks: Disparate Anatomies Require Tailored Therapies

REGULATORY BREAKDOWN: THE CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE IN US REGULATION, Cary Coglianese, ed., University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-41
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Nov 2011
W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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catastrophe, risk, risk tax, regulation, liability, insurance

61.

Conspicuous Conservatism in Risk Choice

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 07-15
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Jun 2007
Boaz Moselle, Francois Degeorge and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Ofgem, University of Lugano - Faculty of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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risk choice, signaling, conservatism

62.

Regulating Ambiguous Risks: The Less than Rational Regulation of Pharmaceuticals

Journal of Legal Studies, Forthcoming, HKS Working Paper No. RWP14-005, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 14-4
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2015
W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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pharmaceuticals, drugs, ambiguity, regulation, FDA

Can Market and Voting Institutions Generate Optimal Intergenerational Risk Sharing?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Feb 1999
Antonio Rangel and Richard J. Zeckhauser
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Can Market and Voting Institutions Generate Optimal Intergenerational Risk Sharing?

NBER Working Paper No. w6949
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2022
Antonio Rangel and Richard J. Zeckhauser
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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64.

Thomas Schelling, Ricochet Thinker

KSG Working Paper No. RWP06-026
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 06 Nov 2006
Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Economics - Economic and Econometric Theory, Economics - Microeconomics, Environment and Natural Resources, Housing¸ Urban Development and Transportation, International Security

65.

The Decisions of Entrepreneurs and Their Agents: Revealed Levels of Risk Aversion and Betrayal Aversion

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 May 2013
Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), The Bigelow Company LLC and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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risk taking, betrayal aversion, agents, principals, entrepreneurs, experiment

66.

Owning, Using and Renting: Some Simple Economics of the "Sharing Economy"

NBER Working Paper No. w22029
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2023
John J. Horton and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 151 (373,646)
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67.

Social Class and (Un)Ethical Behavior: Evidence from a Large Population Sample

HKS Working Paper No. RWP12-019
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2012
Stefan T. Trautmann, Gijs van de Kuilen and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Heidelberg University - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics, Tilburg University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 147 (381,873)
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behavioral ethics

68.

Trust and the Reference Point for Trustworthiness in Gulf and Western Countries

HKS Working Paper No. RWP09_015
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 Jun 2009
Iris Bohnet, Benedikt Herrmann and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of Nottingham - School of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 139 (399,174)
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microeconomics, conflict management

69.

Bound to Happen: Explanation Bias in Historical Analysis

HKS Working Paper No. RWP19-032
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Oct 2019
Aroop Mukharji and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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explanation bias, history, causality, uncertainty, probability, likelihood, analysis

70.

Demographic Characteristics and the Public Bundle

NBER Working Paper No. w4283
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 27 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2022
David M. Cutler, Douglas W. Elmendorf and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Demanding Customers: Consumerist Patients and Quality of Care

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-042
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 07 Mar 2009
Hai Fang, Nolan H. Miller, John A. Rizzo and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Miami, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Stony Brook University - Department of Economics and Department of Preventative Medicine and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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consumerism, health care quality, physician time, time allocation, time budget, Microeconomics, Regulation, Health Care

Demanding Customers: Consumerist Patients and Quality of Care

NBER Working Paper No. w14350
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2022
Hai Fang, Nolan H. Miller, John A. Rizzo and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Miami, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Stony Brook University - Department of Economics and Department of Preventative Medicine and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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72.

Dopamine and Risk Choices in Different Domains: Findings Among Serious Tournament Bridge Players

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 06 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 25 May 2011
Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Binghamton University - Laboratory of Evolutionary Anthropology and Health, Binghamton University - Laboratory of Evolutionary Anthropology and Health, Binghamton University - Laboratory of Evolutionary Anthropology and Health and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Risk preferences, Dopamine, Risk taking, Contract bridge, Risk perception, Advantageous risks, DRD4

73.

Efficient Design with Interdependent Valuations and an Informed Center

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Jul 2002
Scott Johnson, Nolan H. Miller, John W. Pratt and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Australian National University (Deceased), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Harvard Business School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Economics - Economic and Econometric Theory, Economics - Microeconomics

74.

Recollection Bias and Its Underpinnings: Lessons from Terrorism-Risk Assessments

HKS Working Paper No. 16-003, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-26, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 16-20
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2016
W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
Downloads 119 (449,739)
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Recollection bias, hindsight bias, terrorism, risk perception, catastrophe

75.

Mechanism Design with Multidimensional, Continuous Types and Interdependent Valuations

KSG Working Paper No. RWP06-028
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Nov 2006
Nolan H. Miller, John W. Pratt, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Scott Johnson
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Harvard Business School, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Australian National University (Deceased)
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Mechanism Design, Interdependent Valuations, Multidimensional Types, Economics - Economic and Econometric Theory

76.

Organizational Form and Insurance Company Performance: Stocks Versus Mutuals

NBER Working Paper No. w5246
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 19 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2022
Florida State University - College of BusinessFlorida State University - College of Business, Williams College - Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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77.

Simple Humans, Complex Insurance, Subtle Subsidies

NBER Working Paper No. w14330
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
Jeffrey B. Liebman and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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78.

Italian Renaissance Portraits that Disappoint: Isabella d’Este, Francesco del Giocondo and Other Displeased Patrons

Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, thematic issue, “Bad Reception: Negative Reactions to Italian Renaissance Art,” ed. by Diletta Gamberini, Jonathan K. Nelson, and Alessandro Nova, Forthcoming. , HKS Working Paper No. RWP19-024, July 2019
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2021
Jonathan Katz Nelson and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Syracuse University in Florence and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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79.

Permits to Elicit Information

KSG Working Paper No. RWP06-049
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 05 Feb 2007
Erzo F. P. Luttmer, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Carolyn Kousky
Dartmouth College, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Environmental Defense Fund
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Economics, Econometric Theory, Economics - Microeconomics, Housing, Urban Development and Transportation, Regulation

80.

Getting an Honest Answer: Clickers in the Classroom

HKS Working Paper No. 071
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 25 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2016
Dan Levy, Joshua Yardley and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Audience response systems, clickers, hand raising, herding, classroom feedback

Variable Temptations and Black Mark Reputations

HKS Working Paper No. RWP11-020
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Jun 2011
Christina Aperjis, Yali Miao and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise - Social Computing Lab, Jane Street Capital and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Game Theory, Trust, Reputation

Variable Temptations and Black Mark Reputations

NBER Working Paper No. w16423
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 18 May 2023
Christina Aperjis, Yali Miao and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise - Social Computing Lab, Jane Street Capital and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Price Versus Quantity: Market Clearing Mechanisms When Sellers Differ in Quality

NBER Working Paper No. w5728
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Nov 1996 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2022
Richard J. Zeckhauser and Andrew Metrick
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Yale School of Management
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Signaling with Audits: Mimicry, Wasteful Expenditures, and Non-Compliance in a Model of Tax Enforcement

HKS Working Paper No. RWP14-001
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 14 Jun 2014
Maciej H. Kotowski, David A. Weisbach and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Notre Dame - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Auditing, Signaling, Taxation

Selection Stories: Understanding Movement Across Health Plans

HKS Working Paper No. RWP09-022
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Sep 2009
David M. Cutler, Bryan Lincoln and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Welfare, Health Care, Social Policy, Microeconomics

Selection Stories: Understanding Movement Across Health Plans

NBER Working Paper No. w15164
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2023
David M. Cutler, Bryan Lincoln and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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85.

Screening Budgets

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 63 (No. 3), p. 351-374, 2006.
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2014
Alexander F. Wagner, Nolan H. Miller and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Zurich - Department of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Budgeting, screening, asymmetric information

86.

Reinsurance for Catastrophes and Cataclysms

NBER Working Paper No. w5913
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 12 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2022
David M. Cutler and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Collective Action in an Asymmetric World

HKS Working Paper No. 16-019
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 May 2016
Cuicui Chen and Richard J. Zeckhauser
SUNY University at Albany and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Collective Action in an Asymmetric World

NBER Working Paper No. w22240
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 May 2016 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2023
Cuicui Chen and Richard J. Zeckhauser
SUNY University at Albany and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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88.
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Sunlight and Protection Against Influenza

HKS Working Paper No. RWP18-007
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Mar 2018
David Slusky and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Kansas and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Seasonal Influenza, Sunlight, Vitamin D, Natural Experiment, Herd Immunity, Flu, Externalities, Epidemiology, Epidemic

Sunlight and Protection Against Influenza

NBER Working Paper No. w24340
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2023
David Slusky and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Kansas and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Sunlight and Protection Against Influenza

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13469
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 14 Jul 2020
David Slusky and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Kansas and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Seasonal Influenza, sunlight, vitamin d, natural experiment, H1N1

89.

Resource Allocation When Projects Have Ranges of Increasing Returns

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-024
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Jun 2008
Catherine Bobtcheff, Christian Gollier and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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capital allocation, increasing returns, probabilistic returns, egalitarian allocation, complete specialization

90.
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Three Prongs for Prudent Climate Policy

HKS Working Paper No. RWP20-009
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 10 Apr 2020
Joseph E. Aldy and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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mitigation, geoengineering, adaptation, solar radiation management, carbon pricing, greenhouse gases, climate change, catastrophic risk, decision-making under uncertainty

Three Prongs for Prudent Climate Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w26991
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2023
Joseph E. Aldy and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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The "Caps" Prediction System and Stock Market Returns

NBER Working Paper No. w17298
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2023
Christopher Avery, Judith A. Chevalier and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Yale School of Management and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Enrollee Mix, Treatment Intensity, and Cost in Competing Indemnity and HMO Plans

NBER Working Paper No. w7832
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
Daniel Altman, David M. Cutler and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Economist Newspaper Ltd., Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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93.

The Returns to Education in China: Evidence from the 1986 Compulsory Education Law

NBER Working Paper No. w18189
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2023
Hai Fang, Karen Eggleston, John A. Rizzo, Scott Rozelle and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Miami, Stanford University - Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), Stony Brook University - Department of Economics and Department of Preventative Medicine, Stanford University - Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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94.

Horizon Length and Portfolio Risk

NBER Working Paper No. t0216
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2023
Christian Gollier and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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95.

The Relative Weights of Direct and Indirect Experiences in the Formation of Environmental Risk Beliefs

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 14-6
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 Feb 2014
W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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risk beliefs, experience, perception, tap water

96.

Deterrence Games and the Disruption of Information

HKS Working Paper No. RWP20-026
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Aug 2020
Siyu Ma, Yair Tauman and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv University - Faculty of Management and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Deterrence, Intelligence, Information Disruption

97.

Collective Investment Decision Making with Heterogeneous Time Preferences

NBER Working Paper No. w9629
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
Christian Gollier and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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98.

Efficient Division When Preferences are Private: Using the Expected Externality Mechanism

HKS Working Paper No. RWP19-014
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Apr 2019
Christina Aperjis, Maciej H. Kotowski and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise - Social Computing Lab, University of Notre Dame - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Expected Externality Mechanism, Object Allocation, Fair Division

99.

Treasury Bill Futures as Hedges Against Inflation Risk

NBER Working Paper No. w2322
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Aug 2004 Last Revised: 08 May 2022
Jayendu Patel and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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100.

Generic Scrip Share and the Price of Brand-Name Drugs: The Role of the Consumer

NBER Working Paper No. w11431
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 07 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2022
John A. Rizzo and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Stony Brook University - Department of Economics and Department of Preventative Medicine and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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101.

Controlling Stocks and Flows to Promote Quality: The Environment, with Applications to Physical and Human Capital

NBER Working Paper No. w7727
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2022
Nathaniel O. Keohane, Benjamin Van Roy and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Yale University - School of Management, Stanford University - Department of Management Science & Engineering and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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102.

Nonrational Actors and Financial Market Behavior

NBER Working Paper No. w3731
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2022
Richard J. Zeckhauser, Jayendu Patel and Darryll Hendricks
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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103.

Extreme Leaders As Negotiation Anchors

HKS Working Paper No. RWP20-015
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 13 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2022
Richard J. Zeckhauser, David C. King and Benjamin Schneer
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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104.

Custom Made Versus Ready to Wear Treatments; Behavioral Propensities in Physician's Choices

NBER Working Paper No. w13445
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 28 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2022
Richard G. Frank and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard Medical School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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105.

A Renaissance Instrument to Support Nonprofits: The Sale of Private Chapels in Florentine Churches

NBER Working Paper No. w9173
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Sep 2002 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2022
Jonathan Katz Nelson and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Syracuse University in Florence and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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106.

Pensions and the Retirement Decision

NBER Working Paper No. w1285
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2022
Barry J. Nalebuff and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Yale University - Yale School of Management and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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107.

Congressional Vote Options

NBER Working Paper No. w7342
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 Feb 2000 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2022
David C. King and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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108.

The Australian Pharmaceutical Subsidy Gambit: Transmuting Deadweight Loss and Oligopoly Rents to Consumer Surplus

NBER Working Paper No. w3783
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 31 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2022
Mark Johnston and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Department of Community Services and Health and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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109.

National Survey Evidence on Disasters and Relief: Risk Beliefs, Self-Interest, and Compassion

NBER Working Paper No. w12582
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 17 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2022
W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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110.

Enrollee Choices after Their Health Plans are Terminated: Default Effects versus Persistent Preferences

HKS Working Paper No. 16-055
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 Dec 2016
Anna Sinaiko and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Default Effects, Health Insurance Choice, Health Insurance Marketplaces, Status Quo Bias, Nudges, Optimal Nudges, Medicare Advantage, Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Terminated Plans

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Strategic Sorting: The Role of Ordeals in Health Care

HKS Working Paper No. RWP19-023, June 2019
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Jul 2019
Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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ordeal, target efficiency, signaling, sorting, health care

Strategic Sorting: The Role of Ordeals in Health Care

NBER Working Paper No. w26041
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2023
Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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112.

Robin-Hooding Rents: Exploiting the Pecuniary Effects of In-Kind Programs

NBER Working Paper No. w4125
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 28 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2022
Richard J. Zeckhauser, Stephen Coate and Stephen Johnson
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Cornell University - Department of Economics and Decision Research
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113.

Information Handling and Firm Performance: Evidence from Reverse Lbos

NBER Working Paper No. w3798
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 02 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2022
Francois Degeorge and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Lugano - Faculty of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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114.

Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in Rural China

NBER Working Paper No. w15886
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 29 May 2023
Hai Fang, Karen Eggleston, John A. Rizzo and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Miami, Stanford University - Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), Stony Brook University - Department of Economics and Department of Preventative Medicine and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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115.

Confronting an Enemy with Unknown Preferences: Deterrer or Provocateur?

HKS Working Paper No. RWP18-006
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Feb 2018
Artyom Jelnov, Yair Tauman and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Ariel University, Tel Aviv University - Faculty of Management and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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116.

The Behavior of Savings and Asset Prices When Preferences and Beliefs are Heterogeneous

NBER Working Paper No. w17199
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 11 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2023
Ngoc-Khanh Tran and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Finance Dept., Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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117.

Climate Sensitivity Uncertainty: When is Good News Bad?

NBER Working Paper No. w20900
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 02 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2023
Mark C. Freeman, Gernot Wagner and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of York, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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118.

Schedule Selection by Agents: From Price Plans to Tax Tables

NBER Working Paper No. w13808
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 15 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2022
Erzo F. P. Luttmer and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Dartmouth College and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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119.

The Choice of Health Policies with Heterogeneous Populations

NBER Working Paper No. w0612
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 06 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2022
Richard J. Zeckhauser and Donald S. Shepard
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Brandeis University - Schneider Institute for Health Policy (SIHP)
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120.

High-Priced Drugs in Medicare Part D: Diagnosis and Potential Prescription

NBER Working Paper No. w24240
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2022
Richard G. Frank and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard Medical School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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121.

Better Predictions, Better Allocations: Scientific Advances and Adaptation to Climate Change

NBER Working Paper No. w21463
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
Mark C. Freeman, Ben Groom and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of York, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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122.

Second Trimester Sunlight and Asthma: Evidence from Two Independent Studies

NBER Working Paper No. w20599
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 22 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2023
Nils Wernerfelt, David Slusky and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of Kansas and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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123.

Solomonic Separation: Risk Decisions as Productivity Indicators

NBER Working Paper No. w18634
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2023
Nolan H. Miller, Alexander F. Wagner and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Zurich - Department of Finance and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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124.

Playing Divide-and-Choose Given Uncertain Preferences

HKS Working Paper No. RWP22-008
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Jul 2022
Jamie Tucker-Foltz and Richard J. Zeckhauser
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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125.

Strategy Is Only Partly an Illusion: 'Relative Foresight' as an Objective Standard for Evaluating Foreign Policy Competence

HKS Working Paper No. RWP24-004
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 May 2024
Jeffrey Friedman and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Dartmouth College and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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126.

Aggregation and Heterogeneous Time Preferences

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 113, pp. 878-896, August 2005
Posted: 10 Aug 2005
Christian Gollier and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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127.

The Elasticity of Trust: Evidence from Kuwait, Oman, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and the United States

KSG Working Paper No. RWP05-046
Posted: 09 Aug 2005
Iris Bohnet, Benedikt Herrmann and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of Nottingham - School of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Economics, Microeconomics, Leadership, Conflict Management, Trust, betrayal aversion, gender differences, in-group preferences

128.

The J-Shape of Performance Persistence Given Survivorship Bias

Posted: 18 Jul 2001
Darryll Hendricks, Jayendu Patel and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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129.

Willingness to Pay and the Distribution of Risk and Wealth

Posted: 02 May 2000
Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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130.

The Anatomy of Jumps and Falls in Wages

Posted: 30 Nov 1998
Michael J. Moore, W. Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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131.

Restoring Natural Resources with Destination-Driven Costs

Posted: 04 Sep 1998
Carl V. Phillips, Carl V. Phillips and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Texas at HoustonEpiphi Consulting Group and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Earnings Management to Exceed Thresholds

Posted: 11 Nov 1998
Francois Degeorge, Jayendu Patel and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Lugano - Faculty of Economics, Harvard University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Earnings Management to Exceed Thresholds

CEPR Discussion Paper 1790
Posted: 08 Aug 1998
Francois Degeorge, Jayendu Patel and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Lugano - Faculty of Economics, Harvard University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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133.

Insurance and Catastrophes

GENEVA PAPERS ON RISK AND INSURANCE THEORY, Vol. 20 No. 2, December 1995
Posted: 05 Jul 1998
Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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134.

Changing Fortunes, Hospital Behaviors, and Ownership Forms

Faculty Research Working Paper Series, John F Kennedy School of Government R94-17
Posted: 17 May 1998
Jayendu Patel, Jack Needleman and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Harvard University, Harvard University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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135.

Hedging and Gambling: Corporate Risk Choice When Informing the Market

CEPR Discussion Paper Series Number 1520
Posted: 21 Apr 1997
Francois Degeorge, Boaz Moselle and Richard J. Zeckhauser
University of Lugano - Faculty of Economics, Ofgem and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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