Hal Ersner-Hershfield received his B.A. in Psychology and English from Tufts University and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University. Broadly, Dr. Ersner-Hershfield is interested in the role that time plays in decision-making and emotional experience. First, he studies decision-making as it unfolds over the lifetime, with a special focus on financial decisions and retirement planning. To this end, he investigates how a sense of continuity with one’s future self can impact decisions that have long-term consequences. Second, Dr. Ersner-Hershfield examines how endings in life can give rise to mixed emotional experiences. Specifically, he and his colleagues have studied how such mixed emotions affect cognition, health, and decision-making.

Behavioral Economics (Includes: Behavioral Finance)
Negotiations
Organizational Change
Psychology