Richard J. Zeckhauser
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
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NBER Affiliation: Research Associate
Institutional Affiliation: Harvard University
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NBER Working Papers and Publications
| July 2019 | Strategic Sorting: The Role of Ordeals in Health Care
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| November 2018 | Investor Rewards to Climate Responsibility: Evidence from the 2016 Climate Policy Shock
with Stefano Ramelli, Alexander F. Wagner, Alexandre Ziegler: w25310
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| February 2018 | Sunlight and Protection Against Influenza
with David Slusky: w24340
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| January 2018 | High-Priced Drugs in Medicare Part D: Diagnosis and Potential Prescription
with Richard G. Frank: w24240
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| May 2017 | Straight Talkers and Vague Talkers: The Effects of Managerial Style in Earnings Conference Calls
with Michał Dzieliński, Alexander F. Wagner: w23425
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| February 2017 | Company Stock Reactions to the 2016 Election Shock: Trump, Taxes and Trade
with Alexander Wagner, Alexandre Ziegler: w23152
Published: Alexander F. Wagner & Richard J. Zeckhauser & Alexandre Ziegler, 2018. "Company stock price reactions to the 2016 election shock: Trump, taxes, and trade," Journal of Financial Economics, .
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| July 2016 | The Causes of Peer Effects in Production: Evidence from a Series of Field Experiments
with John J. Horton: w22386
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| May 2016 | Collective Action in an Asymmetric World
with Cuicui Chen: w22240
Published: Cuicui Chen & Richard Zeckhauser, 2018. "Collective Action in an Asymmetric World," Journal of Public Economics, . citation courtesy of 
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| February 2016 | Owning, Using and Renting: Some Simple Economics of the "Sharing Economy"
with John J. Horton: w22029
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| August 2015 | Better Predictions, Better Allocations: Scientific Advances and Adaptation to Climate Change
with Mark C. Freeman, Ben Groom: w21463
Published: Mark C. Freeman & Ben Groom & Richard J. Zeckhauser, 2015. "Better predictions, better allocations: scientific advances and adaptation to climate change," Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol 373(2055).
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| February 2015 | Tips and Tells from Managers: How Analysts and the Market Read Between the Lines of Conference Calls
with Marina Druz, Alexander F. Wagner: w20991
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| January 2015 | Climate Sensitivity Uncertainty: When is Good News Bad?
with Mark C. Freeman, Gernot Wagner: w20900
Published: Mark C. Freeman & Gernot Wagner & Richard J. Zeckhauser, 2015. "Climate sensitivity uncertainty: when is good news bad?," Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol 373(2055).
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| October 2014 | Second Trimester Sunlight and Asthma: Evidence from Two Independent Studies
with Nils Wernerfelt, David Slusky: w20599
Published: Nils Wernerfelt & David J. G. Slusky & Richard Zeckhauser, 2017. "Second Trimester Sunlight and Asthma: Evidence from Two Independent Studies," American Journal of Health Economics, vol 3(2), pages 227-253. citation courtesy of
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| December 2012 | Solomonic Separation: Risk Decisions as Productivity Indicators
with Nolan Miller, Alexander F. Wagner: w18634
Published: Nolan Miller & Alexander Wagner & Richard Zeckhauser, 2013. "Solomonic separation: Risk decisions as productivity indicators," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 46(3), pages 265-297, June. citation courtesy of
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| June 2012 | The Returns to Education in China: Evidence from the 1986 Compulsory Education Law
with Hai Fang, Karen N. Eggleston, John A. Rizzo, Scott Rozelle: w18189
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| August 2011 | The "CAPS" Prediction System and Stock Market Returns
with Christopher Avery, Judith A. Chevalier: w17298
Published: Christopher N. Avery & Judith A. Chevalier & Richard J. Zeckhauser, 2016. "The “CAPS” Prediction System and Stock Market Returns," Review of Finance, vol 20(4), pages 1363-1381. citation courtesy of
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| July 2011 | The Behavior of Savings and Asset Prices When Preferences and Beliefs are Heterogeneous
with Ngoc-Khanh Tran: w17199
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| December 2010 | The Trouble with Cases
with Frederick Schauer
in Regulation vs. Litigation: Perspectives from Economics and Law, Daniel P. Kessler, editor
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| September 2010 | Variable Temptations and Black Mark Reputations
with Christina Aperjis, Yali Miao: w16423
Published: in "Games and Economic Behavior" Volume 87, September 2014, Pages 70–90 citation courtesy of
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| May 2010 | The Online Laboratory: Conducting Experiments in a Real Labor Market
with John J. Horton, David G. Rand: w15961
Published: John Horton & David Rand & Richard Zeckhauser, 2011. "The online laboratory: conducting experiments in a real labor market," Experimental Economics, Springer, vol. 14(3), pages 399-425, September. citation courtesy of
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| April 2010 | Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in Rural China
with Hai Fang, Karen N. Eggleston, John A. Rizzo: w15886
Published: Hai Fang & Karen N Eggleston & John A Rizzo & Richard J Zeckhauser, 2013. "Jobs and kids: female employment and fertility in China," IZA Journal of Labor & Development, vol 2(1).
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| August 2009 | The Trouble with Cases
with Frederick Schauer: w15279
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| July 2009 | Selection Stories: Understanding Movement Across Health Plans
with David M. Cutler, Bryan Lincoln: w15164
Published: Cutler, David & Lincoln, Bryan & Zeckhauser, Richard, 2010. "Selection stories: Understanding movement across health plans," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 29(6), pages 821-838, December. citation courtesy of
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| September 2008 | Demanding Customers: Consumerist Patients and Quality of Care
with Hai Fang, Nolan H. Miller, John A. Rizzo: w14350
Published: Hai Fang & Nolan H. Miller & John Rizzo & Richard Zeckhauser, 2011. "Demanding Customers: Consumerist Patients and Quality of Care," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 11(1), pages 59. citation courtesy of
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| Policymaking for Posterity
with Lawrence H. Summers: w14359
Published: Lawrence Summers & Richard Zeckhauser, 2008. "Policymaking for posterity," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 37(2), pages 115-140, December. citation courtesy of
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| Simple Humans, Complex Insurance, Subtle Subsidies
with Jeffrey Liebman: w14330
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| February 2008 | Schedule Selection by Agents: from Price Plans to Tax Tables
with Erzo F.P. Luttmer: w13808
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| September 2007 | Custom Made Versus Ready to Wear Treatments; Behavioral Propensities in Physician's Choices
with Richard G. Frank: w13445
Published: Frank, Richard G. & Zeckhauser, Richard J., 2007.
"Custom-made versus ready-to-wear treatments: Behavioral propensities in physicians' choices,"
Journal of Health Economics,
Elsevier, vol. 26(6), pages 1101-1127, December.
citation courtesy of
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| October 2006 | National Survey Evidence on Disasters and Relief: Risk Beliefs, Self-Interest, and Compassion
with W. Kip Viscusi: w12582
Published: W. Viscusi & Richard Zeckhauser, 2006. "National survey evidence on disasters and relief: Risk beliefs, self-interest, and compassion," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 33(1), pages 13-36, September. citation courtesy of
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| May 2006 | Private Investment and Government Protection
with Carolyn Kousky, Erzo F.P. Luttmer: w12255
Published: Carolyn Kousky & Erzo Luttmer & Richard Zeckhauser, 2006. "Private investment and government protection," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 33(1), pages 73-100, September. citation courtesy of
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| December 2005 | The Perception and Valuation of the Risks of Climate Change: A Rational and Behavioral Blend
with W. Kip Viscusi: w11863
Published: Viscusi, W. Kip and Richard J. Zeckhauser. “The Perception and Valuation of the Risks of Climate Change: A Rational and Behavioral Blend.” Climatic Change 77, 1/2 (July 2006): 151-177.
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| June 2005 | Generic Scrip Share and the Price of Brand-Name Drugs: The Role of the Consumer
with John A. Rizzo: w11431
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| April 2003 | Collective Investment Decision Making with Heterogeneous Time Preferences
with Christian Gollier: w9629
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| January 2003 | A Renaissance Instrument to Support Nonprofits. The Sale of Private Chapels in Florentine Churches
with Jonathan Katz. Nelson
in The Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations, Edward L. Glaeser, editor
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| September 2002 | A Renaissance Instrument to Support Nonprofits: The Sale of Private Chapels in Florentine Churches
with Jonathan Katz Nelson: w9173
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| January 2001 | Can Market and Voting Institutions Generate Optimal Intergenerational Risk Sharing?
with Antonio Rangel
in Risk Aspects of Investment-Based Social Security Reform, John Y. Campbell and Martin Feldstein, editors
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| August 2000 | Enrollee Mix, Treatment Intensity, and Cost in Competing Indemnity and HMO Plans
with Daniel Altman, David M. Cutler: w7832
Published: Altman, Daniel & Cutler, David & Zeckhauser, Richard, 2003. "Enrollee mix, treatment intensity, and cost in competing indemnity and HMO plans," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 23-45, January. citation courtesy of
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| June 2000 | Controlling Stocks and Flows to Promote Quality: The Environment, With Applications to Physical and Human Capital
with Nathaniel O. Keohane, Benjamin Van Roy: w7727
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| September 1999 | Congressional Vote Options
with David C. King: w7342
Published: King, David C. and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Congressional Vote Options." Legislative Studies Quarterly 28, 3 (August 2003): 387-411.
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| June 1999 | The Anatomy of Health Insurance
with David M. Cutler: w7176
Published: Cutler, David M. & Zeckhauser, Richard J., 2000. "The anatomy of health insurance," Handbook of Health Economics, in: A. J. Culyer & J. P. Newhouse (ed.), Handbook of Health Economics, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 11, pages 563-643 Elsevier.
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| February 1999 | Can Market and Voting Institutions Generate Optimal Intergenerational Risk Sharing?
with Antonio Rangel: w6949
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| January 1999 | Reinsurance for Catastrophes and Cataclysms
with David M. Cutler
in The Financing of Catastrophe Risk, Kenneth A. Froot, editor
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| The Profits to Insider Trading: A Performance-Evaluation Perspective
with Leslie A. Jeng, Andrew Metrick: w6913
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| January 1998 | Adverse Selection in Health Insurance
with David M. Cutler
in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 1, Alan M. Garber, editor
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| Organizational Form and Insurance Company Performance: Stocks versus Mutuals
with Patricia Born, William M. Gentry, W. Kip Viscusi
in The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance, David F. Bradford, editor
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| October 1997 | Horizon Length and Portfolio Risk
with Christian Gollier: t0216
Published: Gollier, Christian and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Horizon Length And Portfolio Risk," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2002, v24(3,May), 195-212.
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| September 1997 | Restraining the Leviathan: Property Tax Limitation in Massachusetts
with David M. Cutler, Douglas W. Elmendorf: w6196
Published: Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 71, no. 3 (March 1999): 313-334. citation courtesy of
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| July 1997 | Adverse Selection in Health Insurance
with David M. Cutler: w6107
Published: Cutler, David M. and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Adverse Selection In Health Insurance," Forum for Health Economics and Policy, 1998, v1, Article 2. citation courtesy of
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| February 1997 | Reinsurance for Catastrophes and Cataclysms
with David M. Cutler: w5913
Published: The Financing of Catastrophe Risk. Froot, Kenneth A., ed., Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999, pp. 233-269.
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| August 1996 | Price versus Quantity: Market Clearing Mechanisms When Sellers Differ in Quality
with Andrew Metrick: w5728
Published: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Vol. 17, no. 3 (December 1998): 215-243.
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| September 1995 | Organizational Form and Insurance Company Performance: Stocks versus Mutuals
with Patricia Born, William M. Gentry, W. Kip Viscusi: w5246
Published: Born, Patricia; William M. Gentry, W. Kip Viscusi, Richard J. Zeckhauser."Organizational Form and Insurance Company Performance: Stocks versus Mutuals". The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance. Edited by David F. Bradford, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998,pp. 167-192
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| February 1993 | Demographic Characteristics and the Public Bundle
with David M. Cutler, Douglas W. Elmendorf: w4283
Published:
- Public Finance/Finances Publiques, vol. 48 (supp.), 1993, pp. 178-198
- Cutler, David M & Elmendorf, Douglas W & Zeckhauser, Richard J, 1993. "Demographic Characteristics and the Public Bundle," Public Finance = Finances publiques, , vol. 48(Supplemen), pages 178-98. citation courtesy of
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| July 1992 | Robin-Hooding Rents: Exploiting the Pecuniary Effects of In-Kind Programs
with Steve Coate, Stephen Johnson: w4125
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| August 1991 | Information Handling and Firm Performance: Evidence from Reverse LBOs
with Francois Degeorge: w3798
Published: "The Reverse LBO Decision and Firm Performance: Theory and Evidence," Journal of Finance, vol 48, no 4, September 1993, pp 1323-1348
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| July 1991 | The Australian Pharmaceutical Subsidy Gambit: Transmuting Deadweight Loss and Oligopoly Rents to Consumer Surplus
with Mark Johnston: w3783
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| June 1991 | Nonrational Actors and Financial Market Behavior
with Jayendu Patel, Darryll Hendricks: w3731
Published: Theory and Decision, vol 31, 1991, pp 257-287
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| June 1990 | Hot Hands in Mutual Funds: The Persistence of Performance, 1974-87
with Darryll Hendricks, Jayendu Patel: w3389
Published: "Hot Hands in Mutual Funds: Short-Run Persistence of Performance, 1974-1988 ," Journal of Finance, vol 48, no 1, March 1993, pp 93-130.
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| January 1990 | Are Large Shareholders Effective Monitors? An Investigation of Share Ownership and Corporate Performance
with John Pound
in Asymmetric Information, Corporate Finance, and Investment, R. Glenn Hubbard, editor
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| July 1987 | Treasury Bill Futures as Hedges Against Inflation Risk
with Jayendu Patel: w2322
Published: "Treasury Bill Futures as Unbiased Predictors: New Evidence and Relation to Unexpected Inflation," Review of Futures Markets, vol 8, no 3, 1989, pp 35 2-368
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| 1987 | Amnesty, Enforcement, and Tax Policy
with Herman B. Leonard
in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 1, Lawrence H. Summers, editor
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| December 1986 | Amnesty, Enforcement and Tax Policy
with Herman B. Leonard: w2096
Published: Tax Policy and the Economy, Lawrence Summers (ed.), MIT Press 1987, pp55-86
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| Assessing Dynamic Efficiency: Theory and Evidence
with Andrew B. Abel, N. Gregory Mankiw, Lawrence H. Summers: w2097
Published: Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 1-20, (January 1989). citation courtesy of
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| 1985 | Pensions and the Retirement Decision
with Barry J. Nalebuff
in Pensions, Labor, and Individual Choice, David A. Wise, editor
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| March 1984 | Pensions and the Retirement Decision
with Barry Nalebuff: w1285
Published: Nalebuff, Barry and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Pensions and the Retirement Decision." Pensions, Labor, and Individual Choice, edited by David A. Wise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1985), pp. 283-316.
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| 1982 | The Choice of Health Policies with Heterogeneous Populations
with Donald S. Shepard
in Economic Aspects of Health, Victor R. Fuchs, editor
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| December 1980 | The Choice of Health Policies with Heterogeneous Populations
with Donald S. Shepard: w0612
Published: Shephard, Donald S. and Zeckhauser, Richard J. The Choice of Health Policies with Heterogeneous Populations." Economic Aspects of Health, edited By Victor R. Fuchs, pp. 255-297. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982.
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| 1967 | Collective Goods, Comparative Advantage, and Alliance Efficiency
with Mancur Olson, Jr.,
in Issues in Defense Economics, Roland N. McKean, editor
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