Dr. David Laibson

Biography

David Laibson is the Robert Goldman Professor of Economics at Harvard University, where he focuses on behavioral economics as a co-leader of the Foundations of Human Behavior Initiative. His research interests include asset pricing, economic fluctuations, and aging. Laibson is a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research and serves as a research associate for several working groups. He is actively involved in editorial boards and committees, including the Health and Retirement Study at the National Institutes of Health and the Pension Research Council at Wharton. Laibson has been recognized for his contributions to education and research; he is a fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has received the TIAA-CREF Paul Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security. He holds undergraduate and master's degrees from Harvard University and the London School of Economics, respectively, and earned his PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994. Throughout his career, he has been honored with various teaching awards, including Harvard's ΦΒΚ Prize and the Harvard College Professorship.

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