Richard Jay Zeckhauser

 

Academic Positions

Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (Professor, 1972-present; Associate Professor, 1970-72; Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, 1968-70).

FacultyAssociate: Eliot House, Business and Government Center, Center for Research on Nonprofit Organizations, Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University.

Member: University Committee on Environment, University Committee on Higher Degrees in Health Policy, Harvard University.

Associate, Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health.

Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research.

Research Associate, Center for Japan-U.S. Business and Economic Studies, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University.

Elected member of Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

Fellow, Association for Public Policy and Management.

Fellow, Econometric Society.

Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

2008 Lee Kwan Yew Distinguished Visitor, Singapore.

Co-Editor or Associate Editor: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty; Japan and the World Economy; International Journal of Economic Theory and Policy; Journal of the Economics of Business; Regulation; Review of Economics and Statistics; Journal of Risk and Insurance; and Risk, Decision and Policy.

Editorial Advisory Board: Regulation Studies, MIT Press; Insurance Studies, Huebner Foundation; Insurance Information Institute Press.

 

Courses of Instruction

Analytic Frameworks for Policy (Kennedy School of Government).

Ph.D. Dissertation Writing Course (Kennedy School of Government).

 

Higher Education

Ph.D. in Economics, Harvard University, September, 1968.

Junior Fellowship, Society of Fellows, June, 1965 to June, 1968.

A.B. in Economics, Harvard College, summa cum laude, June, 1962.

 

Current Research Projects

Early Admissions at Colleges, Mellon Foundation support

Trust on the Internet, National Science Foundation support

Blockbuster art exhibits

Health Insurance

 

Outside Activities

Trustee, The Commonwealth School, 1994-present.

National Board Member, Common Cause, 1993-1999.

Member of the Corporation, The Winsor School, 1986-1999.

Member, Sanwa Bank International Finance Award Selection Committee, 1992-present.

Member, Russell Sage Roundtable in Behavioral Economics, 1993-present.

Commissioner, Group Insurance Commission, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1993-present.

Academic Advisory Committee, American Enterprise Institute, 1997-present.

Founder, Director, and Principal, Niederhoffer, Cross and Zeckhauser, Inc., New York, (investment banking), 1967-84.

Director, Energy Recovery, Inc., Minneapolis (reverse osmosis pumps), 1985-1999 (sold to Procter & Gamble).

Director, Johnson-Grace, Inc., Newport Beach, California, (video compression), 1992-1996 (sold to AOL).

Director, Coupco, Inc., Philadelphia (electronic couponing), 1985-present.

Board Member, Rational Investors, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Internet financial planning), 1996-1999 (sold to Standard and Poors).

Consultant to private and governmental organizations.

 

2006 Prize

Ronald H. Coase Prize, 2006, University of Chicago Law School

 

2008 Winner

National Institute of Health Care Management Paper Award