HCRA: Seminars, Workshops, and Continuing Education
The Harvard Center for Risk Analysis periodically sponsors public seminars as well as occasional workshops and continuing education courses. Information on these events appears below; clicking on the name of the event will lead you to more information. Directions to HCRA can be found by clicking on the location and directions link to the left.View previous year HCRA seminars
Seminar Series
All seminars take place at Landmark Center, Room 414A401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215
Refreshments will be served. All welcome.
Risks and Rationality: Challenges to Sound Decisionmaking
September 17, 2009
Kresge G-2
677 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA Presenters:
How much should we spend to reduce health and other risks? Economists generally answer this question by comparing the costs of different strategies to their benefits, based on individual's preferences for spending on risk reductions rather than other goods or services. However, recent work by behavioral economists and others has challenged the assumptions that underlie this approach, suggesting that individual preferences often diverge from the standard tenets of rational choice. This seminar will feature three speakers who will provide different perspectives on this issue.
Kresge G-2
677 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA Presenters:
James Hammitt,
Director, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
Director, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
David Laibson,
Associate Professor, Economics Department, Harvard University
Associate Professor, Economics Department, Harvard University
How much should we spend to reduce health and other risks? Economists generally answer this question by comparing the costs of different strategies to their benefits, based on individual's preferences for spending on risk reductions rather than other goods or services. However, recent work by behavioral economists and others has challenged the assumptions that underlie this approach, suggesting that individual preferences often diverge from the standard tenets of rational choice. This seminar will feature three speakers who will provide different perspectives on this issue.
Workshops
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Continuing Education
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