B. Douglas Bernheim is an American professor of

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

, currently the Edward Ames Edmunds Professor of Economics at

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

; his previous academic appointments have included an endowed chair in Economics and Business Policy at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

and an endowed chair in Insurance and Risk Management at

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Department of Finance. He has published many articles in academic journals, and has received a number of awards recognizing his contributions to the field of economics. He is a partner with

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, LLC an economic consulting firm with offices in Washington, D.C., and San Diego, California.

Life and work

Douglas Bernheim studied from 1975 to 1979 at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

, where he received his Bachelor of Arts (AB), summa cum laude. In 1982, he received his PhD in economics from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

. Subsequently, he was an assistant professor (1982–1987) and associate professor (1987–1988) at Stanford University. Bernheim moved to

to serve as the Harold J. Hines Jr. Distinguished Professor of Risk Management (1988–1990) and later moved to Princeton University (1990–1994) to serve as the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy. Since 1994 he has worked again at Stanford University: From 1994 to 2005 as the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor and since 2005 as the Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics. Since 1986, he has also conducted research for the

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. Bernheim works in the fields of finance, industrial organization, political economy, behavioral economics, and

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Robin Bernheim Robin Jill Bernheim (a.k.a. Robin Burger) is an American television producer and writer, as well as a story editor and creative consultant. Career Bernheim was born in Santa Monica, California, and is a graduate of Stanford University and UC ...

, the noted writer/producer of many TV shows, including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Star Trek: Voyager'', and ''

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''.

Awards and affiliations

* 1978

Phi Beta Kappa The Phi Beta Kappa Society () is the oldest academic honor society in the United States, and the most prestigious, due in part to its long history and academic selectivity. Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal a ...

* 1979 John H. Williams Prize (for best graduate in economics) * 1991 Elected Fellow, Econometric Society * 1997 Elected Fellow,

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and ...

* 2001–2002 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences * 2001–2002 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship

Publications

Articles

* * * ''The Vanishing Nest Egg. Reflections on Saving in America.'' Twentieth Century Fund/Priority Press, New York 1991, *

References

External links

Stanford – Bernheim Bio

NPER – Bernheim Bio

Living people 21st-century American economists Neuroeconomists Behavioral economists Northwestern University faculty MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences alumni Harvard University alumni Stanford University Department of Economics faculty 1958 births Fellows of the Econometric Society Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences {{US-economist-stub