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Robert Frank Discusses Impact of Cultural Differences On Income Inequality and Spending

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Robert Frank

  • Professor, Cornell University
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1944 (Age: 80 years old)
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Robert Frank is a Professor of Economics at Cornell University's Johnson School. In addition, Frank is a monthly contributor to the "Economic Scene" column in The New York Times.

Until 2001, he was the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences. He has also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Nepal, chief economist for the Civil Aeronautics Board, fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and was Professor of American Civilization at l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris.

Frank's books include Choosing the Right Pond, Passions within Reason, Microeconomics and Behavior, Luxury Fever, and What Price the Moral High Ground? The Winner-Take-All Society, co-authored with Philip Cook, was named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times, and was included in Business Week's list of the ten best books for 1995.

Frank holds a BS in mathematics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an MA in statistics from UC Berkeley and a PhD in economics, also from UC Berkeley.

There's obviously a lot of cultural influence. I think in some Asian cultures it's thought to be very undesirable to stand out from the pack and so people try to minimize the extent of any good fortune they might experience so as not to call attention to themselves. In other environments people se...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 17 Robert Frank Discusses Academic and Peace Corps Background
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Video 2 of 17 Robert Frank Discusses Importance of Choosing An MBA Experience Where You Can Develop Solid Relationships
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Video 3 of 17 Robert Frank States Importance of visiting MBA Programs To Get a Sense of the Community
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Video 4 of 17 Robert Frank States Importance of Teaching Economics In A Way That Students Can Apply General Concepts To Everyday Situations
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Video 5 of 17 Robert Frank Defines Concept of Positional Good
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Video 6 of 17 Robert Frank Discusses Concept of Externalities
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Video 7 of 17 Robert Frank Discusses Changes In Income Distribution Over Past Several Decades
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Video 8 of 17 Robert Frank Discusses Inequality In Income Distribution In Developing Countries
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Video 9 of 17 Robert Frank Discusses Impact of Cultural Differences On Income Inequality and Spending
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Video 10 of 17 Robert Frank Provides Definition of Easterlin Paradox
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Video 11 of 17 Robert Frank Shares Thoughts on Income Levels, Housing and Public Education
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Video 12 of 17 Robert Frank Discusses Concept of a Consumption Tax
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Video 13 of 17 Robert Frank Discusses How Economists in Academia Can Influence Policy Makers
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Video 14 of 17 Robert Frank Shares Thoughts on Well Being and GDP
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Video 15 of 17 Robert Frank Shares Thoughts on Entrepreneurship and Adam Smith's Invisible Hand
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Video 16 of 17 Robert Frank Discusses Personal Future Plans
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Video 17 of 17 Introductory Video of Robert Frank
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