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Prof.Dr. H. Bleichrodt

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Han Bleichrodt

Prof.Dr. H. Bleichrodt

Professor of Behavioral Economics

Department of Applied Economics

Health policy and management (iBMG)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

T: 010-4088566

E: bleichrodt@remove-this.bmg.eur.nl

Room: J5-17

Personal website: http://people.few.eur.nl/bleichrodt/


 

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Professional experience

Present position
Irregular Staff
University Erasmus University Rotterdam
School Health policy and management (iBMG)
Department Gezondheidseconomie-iMTA (GE-iMTA)
Country The Netherlands
   
Full Professor
University Erasmus University Rotterdam
School Erasmus School of Economics
Department Applied Economics
Country The Netherlands
   

Research

Han Bleichrodt is a professor of behavioural economics at the Erasmus School of Economics.

Professor Bleichrodt's research activities focus on establishing insights into the area of decisions – those made under uncertainty and those made over time.

He has a particular interest in those decisions involving health.

Publications

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Academic publications (73)
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Quiggin, J. (2013). “Capabilities as Menus: A Non-Welfarist Basis for QALY Evaluation. Journal of Health Economics, 32, 128-137.
  • Abdellaoui, M., Bleichrodt, H., l'Haridon, O. & Paraschiv, C. (). Is There One Unifying Concept of Utility? An Experimental Comparison of Utility Under Risk and Utility Over Time. In Management Science.
  • Abdellaoui, M., Bleichrodt, H., l'Haridon, O. & Dolder, D. van (2013). Loss Aversion Under Risk and Uncertainty. Rotterdam: Erasmus School of Economics.
  • Abdellaoui, M., Bleichrodt, H. & Kammoun, H. (2013). Do Financial Professionals Behave According to Prospect Theory? An Experimental Study. Theory and Decision, 74, 411-429.
  • Abdellaoui, M., Bleichrodt, H., l'Haridon, O. & Paraschiv, C. (2013). Is There One Unifying Concept of Utility? An Experimental Comparison of Utility Under Risk and Utility Over Time. Management Science.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Kothiyal, A., Prelec, D. & Wakker, P.P. (2013). Compound Invariance Implies Prospect Theory for Simple Prospects. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, in press.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Quiggin, J. (2012). Capabilities as Menus: A Non-Welfarist Basis for QALY Evaluation Journal. In Journal of Health Economics.
  • Attema, A.E., Bleichrodt, H. & Wakker, P.P. (2012). A Direct Method for Measuring Discounting and QALYs more Easily and Reliably. Medical Decision Making, 32(4), 583-593.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Rohde, K.I.M. & Ourti, T.G.M. Van (2012). An Experimental Test of the Concentration Index. Journal of Health Economics, 31(1), 86-98.
  • Turpcu, A., Bleichrodt, H., Le, Q.A. & Doctor, J.N. (2012). How To Aggregate Health? Separability and the Effect of Framing. Medical Decision Making, 32(2), 259-265.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Doctor, J.N., Filko, M. & Wakker, P.P. (2011). Utility Independence of Multiattribute Utility Theory is Equivalent to Standard Sequence Invariance of Conjoint Measurement. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 55(6), 451-456.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Cillo, A. & Diecidue, E. (2010). A quantitative measurement of regret theory. Management Science, 56(1), 161-175.
  • Attema, A.E., Bleichrodt, H., Rohde, K.I.M. & Wakker, P.P. (2010). Time-Tradeoff Sequences for Analyzing Discounting and Time Inconsistency. Management Science, 56(11), 2015-2030.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Filko, M. (2010). A Reply to Gandjour and Gafni. Journal of Health Economics, 29(2), 329-331.
  • Doctor, J.N., Bleichrodt, H. & Lin, J.H. (2010). Health Utility Bias: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analytic Evaluation. Medical Decision Making, 30, 58-67.
  • Abdellaoui, M., Attema, A.E. & Bleichrodt, H. (2010). Intertemporal tradeoffs for gains and losses: an experimental measurement of discounted utility. The Economic Journal, 120(545), 845-866.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Rohde, K.I.M. & Wakker, P.P. (2009). Non-Hyperbolic Time Inconsistency. Games and Economic Behavior, 66(1), 27-38.
  • Abellan-Perpiñan, J.M., Bleichrodt, H. & Pinto-Prades, J.L. (2009). The predictive validity of prospect theory versus expected utility in health utility measurement. Journal of Health Economics, 1039-1047.
  • Doctor, J.N., Miyamoto, J. & Bleichrodt, H. (2009). When Are Person Tradeoffs Valid? Journal of Health Economics, 28, 1018-1027.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Schmidt, U. (2009). Applications of Non-Expected Utility. In Paul Anand, K. Prasanta, Pattanaik & Clemens Puppe (Eds.), The Handbook of Rational & Social Choice (pp. 90-112). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Schmidt, U. & Zank, H. (2009). Additive utility in prospect theory. Management Science, 55(5), 863-873.
  • Bleichrodt, H. (2009). Reference-Dependent Expectd Utility with Incomplete Preferences. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 53(4), 287-293.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Pinto, J.L. (2009). New Evidence of Preference Reversals in Health Utility Measurement. Health Economics, 18(6), 713-726.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Crainich, D. & Eeckhoudt, L (2008). Aversion to health inequalities and priority setting in health care. Journal of Health Economics, 27(6), 1594-1604.
  • Abdellaoui, M., Bleichrodt, H. & l'Haridon, O. (2008). A Tractable Method to Measure Utility and Loss Aversion under Prospect Theory. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 36(3), 245-266.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Rohde, K.I.M. & Wakker, P.P. (2008). Koopmans' Constant Discounting for Intertemporal Choice: A Simplification and a Generalization. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 52(6), 341-347.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Rohde, K.I.M. & Wakker, P.P. (2008). Combining additive representations on subsets into an overall representation. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 52(5), 304-310.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Filko, M. (2008). New and Robust Tests of QALYs when Health Varies over Time. Journal of Health Economics, 27(5), 1237-1249.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Abellan-Perpinan, J.M., Pinto-Prades, J.L. & Mendez-Martinez, I. (2007). Resolving Inconsistencies in Utility Measurement Under Risk: Tests of Generalizations of Expected Utility. Management Science, 53(3), 469-482.
  • Bleichrodt, H. (2007). Reference-dependent utility with shifting reference points and incomplete preferences. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 51, 266-276.
  • Abdellaoui, M., Bleichrodt, H. & Paraschiv, C. (2007). Loss Aversion under Prospect Theory: A Parameter-Free Measurement. Management Science, 53(10), 1659-1674.
  • Abdellaoui, M. & Bleichrodt, H. (2007). Eliciting Gul's Theory of Disappointment Aversion by the Tradeoff Method. Journal of Economic Psychology, 28, 631-645.
  • Bleichrodt, H. (2007). Reference-dependent utility with shifting refence points and incomplete preferences. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 51, 266-276.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Eeckhoudt, L (2006). Survival Risks, Intertemporal Consumption, and Insurance: The Case of Distorted Probabilities. Insurance, 38, 335-346.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Eeckhoudt, L (2006). Willingness to pay for reductions in health risks when probabilities are distorted. Health Economics, 15, 211-214.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Doorslaer, E.K.A. van (2006). A Welfare Economics Foundation for Health Inequality Measurement. Journal of Health Economics, 25, 945-957.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Luis Pinto, J. (2006). Conceptual Foundations for Health Utility Measurement. In A.M. Jones (Ed.), The Elgar Companion to Health Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Doorslaer, E.K.A. van (2006). A welfare economics foundation for health inequality measurement. Journal of Health Economics, 25, 945-957.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Luis Pinto, J. (2005). The Validity of QALY's under Nonexpected Utility. The Economic Journal, 115, 533-550.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Doctor, J.N. & Stolk, E. (2005). A Nonparametric Elicitation of the Equity-Efficiency Tradeoff in Cost-Utility Analysis. Journal of Health Economics, 24, 655-678.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Eeckhoudt, L (2005). Saving under Rank-Dependent Utility. Economic Theory, 25(2), 505-511.
  • Berg, B van den, Bleichrodt, H. & Eeckhoudt, L (2005). The Economic Value of Informal Care: A Study of Informal Caregivers' and Patients' Willingness to Pay and Willingness to Accept for Informal Care. Health Economics, 14, 363-376.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Diecidue, E. & Quiggin, J. (2004). Equity weights in the allocation of health care: The rank -dependent QALY model. Journal of Health Economics, 23, 157-171.
  • Doctor, J.N., Bleichrodt, H., Miyamoto, J., Temkin, N.R. & Dikmen, S. (2004). A new and more Robust test of QALYs. Journal of Health Economics, 23, 353-367.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Miyamoto, J.M. (2003). A characterization of quality-adjusted life-years under cumulative prospect theory. Mathematics of Operations Research, 28, 181-193.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Crainich, D. & Eeckhoudt, L (2003). The effect of comorbidities on treatment decisions. Journal of Health Economics, 22, 805-820.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Crainich, D. & Eeckhoudt, L (2003). Comorbidities and the willingness to pay for health improvements. Journal of Public Economics, 87, 2399-2406.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Pinto, J.L. & Abellan-Perpiñan, J.M. (2003). A consistency test of the time trade-off. Journal of Health Economics, 22, 1037-1052.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Pinto, J.L. (2002). Loss aversion and scale compatibility in two-attribute trade-offs. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 46, 315-337.
  • Bleichrodt, H. (2002). A new explanation for the difference between time trade-off, utilities and standard gamble utilities. Health Economics, 11, 447-456.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Herrero, C. & Pinto, J.L. (2002). A proposal to solve the comparability problem in cost-utility analysis. Journal of Health Economics, 21, 397-403.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Quiggin, J. (2002). Life-cycle preferences over consumption and health: a reply to Klose. Journal of Health Economics, 21, 167-168.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Schmidt, U. (2002). A context-dependent model of the gambling effect. Management Science, 48(6), 802-812.
  • Bleichrodt, H. (2001). Probability weighting in choice under risk: an emperical test. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 23(2), 185-198.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Johannesson, M. (2001). Time preference for health: A test of stationa versus decreasing timing aversion. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 45(2), 265-282.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Pinto, J.L. & Wakker, P.P. (2001). Making Descriptive Use of Prospect Theory to Improve the Prescriptive Use of Expected Utility. Management Science, 47(11), 1498-1514.
  • Rutten, F.F.H., Bleichrodt, H., Brouwer, W.B.F., Koopmanschap, M.A. & Schut, F.T. (2001). Book review Handbook of health economics. Journal of Health Economics, 20, 855-879.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Pinto, J.L. (2000). A parameter-free elicitation of the probability weighting function in medical decision analysis. Management Science, 46(11), 1485-1496.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Quiggin, J. (1999). Life- cycle preferences over consumption and health: when is cost-effectiveness analysis equivalent to cost- benefit analysis? Nagekomen publicatie 1999. Journal of Health Economics, 18, 681-708.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Koopmanschap, M.A. (1999). Economische evaluatie. In R. Lapre, F. Rutten & E. Schut (Eds.), Algemene economie van de gezondheidszorg (pp. 252-272). Maarssen: Elsevier/De Tijdstroom.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Rijn, P. van & Johannesson, M. (1999). Probability Weighting and Utility Curvature in Qaly - Based Decision Making. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 1257(43), 238-260.
  • Miyamoto, J.M., Wakker, P.P., Bleichrodt, H. & Peters, H.J.M. (1998). The Zero-Condition: A Simplifying Assumption in QALY Measurement and Multiattribute Utility. Management Science, 44, 839-849.
  • Bleichrodt, H. (1998). Health Utility Indices and Equity Considerations. Health, Health Care and Health Economics: Perspectives on Distributions, 000-000.
  • Bleichrodt, H. (1998). Health Utility Indices and Equity Considerations. In M.L. Barer, T.E. Getzen & G.L. Stoddart (Eds.), Health, Health Care and Health Economics (pp. 331-362). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Johannesson, M. (1997). The validity of QALYs: an experimental test of constant proportional tradeoff and utility independence. Medical Decision Making, 17(1), 21-32.
  • Bleichrodt, H. (1997). Health utility indices and equity considerations. Journal of Health Economics, 65-91.
  • Doorslaer, E.K.A. van, Wagstaff, A., Bleichrodt, H., Calonge, S., Gerdtham, U.G., Gerfin, M., Geurts, J.L.A., Gross, L., Hakkinen, U., Leu, R.E., O'Donnell, O.A., Propper, C., Puffer, F., Rodriguez, M., Sundberg, G. & Winkelhake, O. (1997). Income-related inequalities in health: some international comparisons. Journal of Health Economics, 16, 93-112.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Johannesson, M. (1997). Standard gamble, time trade-off and rating scale: experimental results on the ranking properties of QALYs. Journal of Health Economics, 155-175.
  • Bleichrodt, H., Wakker, P.P. & Johannesson, M. (1997). Characterizing QALYs by Risk Neutrality. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 15(15), 107-114.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Quiggin, J. (1997). Characterizing QALYs under a general rank dependent utility model. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 151-165.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Johannesson, M. (1997). An experimental test of a theoretical foundation for rating-scale valuations. Medical Decision Making, 17(2), 208-216.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Gafni, A. (1996). Time preference, the discounted utility model and health. Journal of Health Economics, 15, 49-66.
  • Bleichrodt, H. (1995). QALYs and HYEs: Under what conditions are they equivalent? Journal of Health Economics, 14(4), 17-37.
Professional publications (4)
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Brouwer, W.B.F. (2010). Disconteren. In M. Rutten-Van Mölken, F.F.H Rutten & C.A. Uyl-De Groot (Eds.), Van Kosten Tot Effecten Een Handleiding Voor Evaluatiestudies in De Gezondheidszorg (pp. 8-9). Maarssen: Elsevier Gezondheidszorg.
  • Busschbach, J.J. van & Bleichrodt, H. (2010). Waarderend kwaliteit-van-levenonderzoek. In Van kosten tot effecten: een handleiding voor evaluatiesstudies in de gezondheidszorg (pp. 77-91).
  • Bleichrodt, H. (2002). Het dilemma van de minister van Volksgezondheid. In H. van Dalen & F. Kalshoven (Eds.), Meesters van de Welvaart: Topeconomen over Nederland (pp. 201-211). --: --.
  • Bleichrodt, H. & Brouwer, W.B.F. (2000). Disconteren. In M.P.M.H. Rutten- van Mölken, J.J. van Busschbach & F.F.H. Rutten (Eds.), Van kosten tot effecten (pp. 123-130). Maarssen: Elsevier gezondheidszorg.
Other output (1)
  • Bleichrodt, H. (2008). The Value of Health. Oratie (2008, september 19). Rotterdam: Erasmus Universiteit.
Doctoral thesis (1)
  • Bleichrodt, H. (1996, januari 18). Applications of utility theory in the economic evaluation of health care. BMG (219 pag.). Prom./coprom.: Prof.Dr. E.K.A. van Doorslaer & Prof.Dr. P.P. Wakker.