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Kislaya Prasad

Guest Scholar, Economic Studies, Center on Social and Economic Dynamics

Kislaya Prasad is a research professor at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, and guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. His current projects include medical treatment variations and diffusion of technologies in medicine, complexity of choice under uncertainty, experimental tests of contract theory, and behavioral health economics.



Expertise

Computability and complexity of individual choice and economic equilibrium; Innovation and diffusion of technology; Social influences on behavior

Background

Current Positions
Guest Scholar, Center on Social and Economic Dynamics, The Brookings Institution; Research Professor, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland at College Park; Affiliated Faculty, Center for Health Information and Decision Systems, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland at College Park.

Past Positions
Professor of Economics (2004-2006), Associate Professor (1993-2004), Assistant Professor(1988-1993), Florida State University; Guest Scholar, The Brookings Institution (2002-2003);Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics (1999-2000) and Robert H. Smith School of Business (2003-2004), University of Maryland at College Park; Visiting Scholar, Economics Department, New York University (Fall 1994) ; Visiting Scholar, MEDS Department, Northwestern University (Spring 1995); Research Officer, Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge (1991-1992)

Education

Ph.D. Economics, Syracuse University, 1988; M.S. Computer Science, Syracuse University, 1988; M.A. Economics, Syracuse University,1986; B.A. (Honours) Economics, Delhi University,1982.

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