B. DOUGLAS BERNHEIM
Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics

Ph.D. MIT; A.B. Harvard University

Research Interest: Public finance, industrial organization, political economy, behavioral economics, microeconomic theory.

Current Research: Behavioral welfare economics; models of decision making with cognitive limitations, with applications to addiction, saving, marketing, and other behavior; the theory of cheating within imperfect cartels; collective decision-making in majoritarian institutions.

Representative Recent Publications: (1) “Addiction and Cue-Triggered Decision Processes,” American Economic Review, forthcoming; (2) “Bequests as Signals: An Explanation for the Equal Division Puzzle,” Journal of Political Economy, August 2003; (3) “The Power of the Last Word in Legislative Policy Making,” Econometrica, September, 2003.

Teaching Interests: Public economics, behavioral economics, microeconomic theory, industrial organization.

Professional Affiliations:: AEA, Econometrics Society (Fellow), NBER (Research Assoc.), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow).