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Sendhil Mullainathan

Scientific Director and Founder

• Professor of Economics, Harvard University

• Sendhil Mullainathan's web site

Sendhil Mullainathan, Professor of Economics at Harvard, is a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" and conducts research on development economics, behavioral economics, and corporate finance.  His research helps bring an understanding of the psychology of scarcity, with the end goal of improving poverty alleviation programs in the U.S. and in developing countries.