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Gregory Besharov, Assistant Professor, Economics

Contact Info:

Office Location:	305 Social Sci Bldg
Office Phone:	+1 919 660 1809
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.econ.duke.edu/Econ/Faculty/Users/gbesharov.html

Education:

PhD	Stanford University	2000
A.B.	Princeton University	1993

Specialties:

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Microeconomics

Research Interests: Positive Political Economy, Lobbying, Behavioral Economics

U.S. Britain Political Economy Lobbying Behavioral Economics

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• Tao Jiang  
• Shu-Hua Pai  
• Bentley Coffey  
• Shauna Saunders  
• Jinhan Jung  
• Renzo Massari  

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Gregory Besharov and Ari Zweiman, Inefficient Local Regulation of Local Externalities, Journal of Public Economic Theory (forthcoming)
2. Gregory Besharov, Second-Best Considerations in Correcting Cognitive Biases, Southern Economic Journal (forthcoming)
3. G. Besharov and B. Coffey, Reconsidering the Experimental Evidence for Quasi-Hyperbolic Discounting (Submitted, Duke WP 03-03)
4. G. Besharov and A. Zweiman, Inefficient Local Regulation of Local Externalities, Journal of Public Economic Theory (Accepted, Duke WP 02-32)
5. G. Besharov, Second-Best Considerations in Correcting Cognitive Biases, Southern Economic Journal (Accepted, Duke WP 01-08)