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Robert Scharff
Campbell Hall 265E
(614) 292-4549
rscharff@ehe.osu.edu
Assistant Professor
View Robert Scharff's curriculum vitae.
Ph.D. Economics, Duke University 1999
J.D. George Mason University, 2005. Cum Laude
Economist
Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
1999-2002
Economics of Consumer Choice
Economics of Health and Safety
Risk Analysis
Law and Economics
Food Safety
Obesity
R.L. Scharff & A. Jessup. Evaluating Chronic Disease for Heterogeneous Populations: The Case of Arthritis. Medical Care. Forthcoming.
R.L. Scharff & F. Parisi.
The Role of Status Quo Bias and Bayesian Learning in the Creation of New Legal Rights. Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy. 3(1) 2007.
R.L. Scharff. Hyperbolic Discounting and the Failure of Risk Management Efforts to Combat Obesity.
M. Fang & R.L. Scharff. Determinants of Obesity in Rural and Urban Communities.
V. Barghava & R.L. Scharff. Obesity and CAM Use.
R.L. Scharff. Obesity Suits: Fat Chance or Fat City?
M. Kim, R.L. Scharff, N. Hooker & L. Medeiros. The Cost of Foodborne Illness in Selected States.
R.L. Scharff, J. Foster & L. Medeiros. Economic Evaluation of Consumer-Oriented Food Safety Education in Ohio.
W. Shang, N. Hooker & R.L. Scharff. Crisis Communication during Food Recalls: The Role of Retailers.
C. Loibl and R. Scharff. Are good intentions enough? Encouraging regular savings through implementation intentions.
R.L Scharff & D. Polsby. A Deadly Solution: Crack, Homicide, and the Decline of Crime in America.
R.L. Scharff & W. K. Viscusi. How Heterogeneous Rates of Time Preference Affect the Value of a Statistical Life.
R.L. Scharff. Demographics, Politics, and the Rise of Cigarette Regulation.
R.L. Scharff. "A Common Tragedy: Condemnation and the Anticommons," Natural Resources Journal, Winter 2007.
R.L. Scharff. "Response to Neal Hooker and Wenjing Shang: Using Consumer Information to Improve Recalls." Battelle Policy Day Working Paper Series, April 2006.
R.L. Scharff "An Analysis of Municipal Drug and Prostitution Exclusion Zones," Civil Rights Law Journal, Spring 2005.
R. Raybourne et. al. Food Poisoning, Economic Implications. in Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition, eds. Benjamin Caballero et. al. 2003.
Time preference, commitment mechanisms, and obesity
$100,000
OARDC SEEDS Interdisciplinary Team Grant
May 2007
Risk and protection factors for foodborne illnesses in perinatal and infant populations.
$1,500,000
USDA/CSREES
October 2006
FRM 443: Solutions to Consumer Problems
FRM 895.01: Managing Consumer Risk
R.L. Scharff and N. Hooker. “Hyperbolic Discounting and the Failure of Risk Management Efforts to Combat Obesity.” Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, December 3-6, 2006.
W. Shang, N. H. Hooker* and R. Scharff. “Crisis Communication during Food Recalls: The Role of Retailers.” Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, December 3-6, 2006.
R. L. Scharff. “Obesity Suits: Fat Chance or Fat City?” Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, November 18-21, 2006.
M. Kim, N. Hooker and R. L. Scharff. "Regional-Level Comparison of the Cost of Food Safety Failures," American Agricultural Economics Association, July 23-25, 2006.
R.L. Scharff. "Demographics, Politics, and the Rise of Cigarette Regulation," Western Economic Association International 81st Annual Conference, June 29-July 3, 2006.
C. Loibl and R. Scharff (2006) Are good intentions enough? Evaluation of an America Saves program. 2006 Annual Conference of the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (AFCPE).
C. Loibl and R. Scharff (2006) Are good intentions enough? Encouraging regular savings through implementation intentions. ACR 2006 - North American Conference.
C. Loibl and R. Scharff (2006) Intrapersonal commitment mechanisms to encourage regular savings. 2006 IAREP-SABE Conference.
R.L Scharff (2005). Food Safety at the Food and Drug Administration. Invited Speaker. Ohio ServSafe.
R.L Scharff & D. Polsby (2005). A Deadly Solution: Crack, Homicide, and the Decline of Crime in America. American Law & Economics Association Annual Meeting.
R.L. Scharff & F. Parisi (2003). The Role of Status Quo Bias and Bayesian Learning in the Creation of New Legal Rights. Robert A Levy Fellows Workshop, George Mason University School of Law, November 6, 2003
R. L. Scharff (2003). The Effect of Changes in the Voting Population on Optimal Candidate Strategy: The Case of Cigarette Smoking. Robert A Levy Fellows Workshop, George Mason University School of Law.
R. L. Scharff & A. Jessup (2002). Valuing Chronic Disease for Heterogeneous Populations: The Case of Arthritis. Western Economic Association International Annual Meeting
R. L. Scharff (2001). Is there more to life than health? Limitations in QALY valuation. Seminar Series on Practical Issues in Regulatory Economics.
R. L. Scharff (2000). Economic Valuation of Health Risks. Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting.