LOCATION

George Washington University School of Business
Duquès Hall, Room 651
2201 G Street NW (main entrance on 22nd Street between G and H Streets)
Metro: Foggy Bottom Station

Bio: Daniel Gottlieb

Daniel Gottlieb is an Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also has a Masters in Economics from Getulio Vargas Foundation and a B.A. in Economics from IBMEC Business School, both in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Prior to joining the Wharton School, he was a Visiting Fellow at the Princeton Economic Theory Center at Princeton University. His research focuses on contracting and behavioral economics. One recent project studies the structure of life insurance policies and determinants of insurance lapses. Another project studies optimal contracts in the presence of adverse selection and moral hazard. His teaching focuses on risk management and behavioral economics.

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Bio: Kent Smetters

Kent Smetters is the Boettner Chair Professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previous positions include the Congressional Budget Office, the Kaiser Visiting Professor of Economics at Stanford Economics Department, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury. His research focuses on applied theory, optimal fiscal policy, personal finance and asset pricing. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.

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