Date: Tuesday 12 November 2013
Time: 5.15-6.15pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Professor George Loewenstein
Chair: Dr Matteo M. Galizzi

This event is the first event in the 2013/2014 LSE Behavioural Economics seminar series organised by LSE Health and Social Care.

George Loewenstein is professor of economics and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1985 and has held positions at the University of Chicago, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Russell Sage Foundation and Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin.

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