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The Department of Economics in collaboration with the Centre for
Behavioural Decision Research is pleased to present<br>
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<b><big>David Laibson, Professor of Economics, Harvard University <br>
Friday, October 21, 2011, 3:30 - 5:00 pm in Hagey Hall 1102;</big>
<i>reception to follow in HH 3158, RSVP to <a
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<big>"Self-control and Commitment"</big></b><br>
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<i></i>David Laibson (AB Harvard, MSc LSE and PhD MIT) is a
professor of economics at Harvard University, where he has taught
since 1994. His research focuses on macroeconomics, intertemporal
choice, behavioral economics and neuroeconomics. He is best known
for developing new models of intertemporal choice in which agents
are not time consistent; they use longer-run commitment devices like
RRSPs or housing equity to control short-run impulses to spend their
wealth. At Harvard he teaches a popular undergraduate class on
psychology and economics, as well graduate courses in macroeconomics
and behavioral economics.<br>
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Jennifer Lehman
Administrative Assistant
Department of Economics
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
Office: Hagey Hall, 215
Phone: 519.888.4567 ext. 33695
Fax: 519.725.0530
Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.economics.uwaterloo.ca/">http://www.economics.uwaterloo.ca/</a>
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