B. Douglas Bernheim
Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor in Economics
Contact Info:
bernheim@stanford.edu
http://www.stanford.edu/~bernheim/
Page in Stanford Directory
Phone: 650-725-8732
Office: Landau 247
Office hours: Tuesday 2:30-3:30 pm or by appointment
Interests
- Research: Public economics, industrial organization, political economy, behavioral economics, microeconomic theory
- Current Research: Behavioral welfare economics; special interest politics; the theory of imperfect cartels; the identifiability of choice correspondences
- Teaching: Public economics, behavioral economics, microeconomic theory, industrial organization
- Professional Affiliations:
AEA, Econometrics Society (Fellow), NBER (Research Assoc.), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)
Recent Publications
(1) “Beyond Revealed Preference: Choice-Theoretic Foundations for Behavioral Welfare Economics,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming
(2) “A Solution Concept for Majority Rule in Dynamic Settings,” Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming
(3) “The Power of the Last Word in Legislative Policy Making,” Econometrica, September, 2006
List of Stanford Working Papers
Current Courses
| Autumn | ECON 300 Third-Year Seminar |
| Winter | ECON 203 Core Economics: Modules 5 and 6 ECON 242 Public Finance and Taxation II |
| Spring | ECON 300 Third-Year Seminar |
Education
Ph.D., MIT; A.B., Harvard University