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HOWARD KUNREUTHER

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HOWARD KUNREUTHER
Cecilia Yen Koo Professor, Professor of Decision Sciences and Public Policy and Management,  Co-Director, Risk Management and Decision Processes Center

Howard Kunreuther is the Cecilia Yen Koo Professor of Decision Sciences and Public Policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Co-Director of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center. He has a long-standing interest in ways that society can better manage low-probability/high-consequence events related to technological and natural hazards, and has published extensively on the topic. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a member of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program’s Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction, and Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis, receiving the Society’s Distinguished Achievement Award in 2001. Kunreuther has written or co-edited numerous books and papers, including "On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina" (with Ronald J. Daniels, Donald F. Kettl), and "Catastrophe Modeling: A New Approach to Managing Risk" (with Patricia Grossi). He is a recipient of the Elizur Wright Award from the American Association of Risk and Insurance for his significant contribution to the literature of insurance. On June 21, 2007 he offered expert testimony at the Congressional hearing on Examining a Legislative Solution to Extend and Revise the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA).

Publications
Geoffrey, Howard Kunreuther (2010), Social Reinforcement: Cascades, Entrapment and TippingAmerican Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2(1): 86–99
Min Gong, Jonathan Baron, Howard Kunreuther (2009), Group Cooperation under UncertaintyJournal of Risk and Uncertainty, Volume 39, Number 3
Howard Kunreuther, Michael Useem (2009), Learning from Catastrophes: Strategies for Reaction and ResponseWharton School Publishing
Howard Kunreuther, Erwann Michel-Kerjan (2009), At War with the Weather, MIT Press: Cambridge, MA
Howard Kunreuther, Gabriel SilvasiEric BradlowDylan Small (2009), Bayesian Analysis of Deterministic and Stochastic Prisoner's Dilemma GamesJudgment and Decision Making, Vol. 4, No. 5, August 2009, pp. 363–384

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Current Research
Dwight Jaffee, Howard Kunreuther, Erwann Michel-Kerjan 2010, Long-Term Property Insurance
Haitao Yin, Howard Kunreuther, Matthew White 2010, Risk-Based Pricing and Risk-Reducing Effort: Does The Private Insurance Market Reduce Environmental Accidents?
Laure Cabantous, Denis Hilton, Howard Kunreuther, Erwann Michel-Kerjan 2010, Is Imprecise Knowledge Better than Conflicting Expertise? Evidence from Insurers’ Decisions in the United States
Min Gong, Jonathan Baron, Howard Kunreuther 2010, Why do Groups Cooperate More than Individuals to Reduce Risks
Howard Kunreuther, Erwann Michel-Kerjan 2009, Encouraging Adaptation to Climate Change: Long-Term Flood Insurance

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In The News
Overcoming our disaster myopia in HaitiThe Washington Post, 01/19/2010, Howard Kunreuther
"At War with Ourselves"Risk & Insurance Magazine, 09/01/2009, Howard Kunreuther
"One War We Shouldn't Avoid: A New Approach to Reducing the Cost of Future Catastrophes"Knowledge@Wharton, 07/08/2009, Howard Kunreuther
"Focus on Hazards and Climate Change"Natural Hazards Observer, 03/02/2009, Howard Kunreuther
"Anticipating risks, averting the worst: 3 steps for natural disaster or corporate calamity"The Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/16/2008, Howard Kunreuther

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Knowledge@Wharton
One War We Shouldn't Avoid: A New Approach to Reducing the Cost of Future Catastrophes, 07/08/2009, Howard Kunreuther
When Local Risks Become Global Risks, and How We Can Minimize Them, 03/21/2007, Howard Kunreuther
Strategies for Dealing with the Risks of 9/11, Katrina and Other Disasters: A Conversation with Wharton Experts, 09/27/2006, Howard Kunreuther
Flexibility in the Face of Disaster: Managing the Risk of Supply Chain Disruption, 09/06/2006, Howard Kunreuther
Avian Flu: What to Expect and How Companies Can Prepare for It, 03/08/2006, Howard Kunreuther

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Honors And Awards
Participated in the World Economic Forum in Davos on panels with leaders concerned with issues of global risk, 2007-2009
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