RZ
Economics & Business

Richard Zeckhauser

Share
Who

Richard Zeckhauser · Economics & Business

What

Economist

When

1940, USA

Where

United States (Harvard Kennedy School)

Biography

Richard Zeckhauser is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Economist

How & why

Richard Zeckhauser is an American economist at Harvard's Kennedy School, known for foundational work in decision theory under uncertainty, the economics of risk and public policy, and behavioral decision-making. He co-developed influential concepts in status-quo bias and the value of information. He is Jewish.

Sources & external links

Verify and go deeper with these external references.

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists

This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.

Contributions & Sources

Economist

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists