Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University

Richard Zeckhauser

Frank Plumpton Ramsey Prof. of Political Economy, Ph.D. Program in Political Economy and Government

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Interests: Professor Zeckhauser's current major research addresses the performance of institutions confronted with inadequate commitment capabilities, incomplete information flow, and human participants who fail to behave in accordance with models of rationality (for example, by engaging in herd behavior).