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Home >  Scholars & Fellows >  Kent Smetters
Kent Smetters
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Visiting Scholar
Kent Smetters, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.  Smetters's research focuses on questions of risk management and insurance.
Professional Experience
-Associate Professor (2004-present); Associate Professor (1998-2004), Department of Insurance and Risk Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2004-present
-Member, National Academy of Social Insurance, 2004-present
-Research Associate, Public Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2001-present
-Faculty Research Fellow, Aging Program, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2000-present
-Research Associate, Michigan Retirement Research Center, 2000-present
-Sloan Fellow, Wharton Financial Institutions Center, University of Pennsylvania, 1999-present
-Research Associate, Pension Research Council, University of Pennsylvania, 1998-present
-Research Associate, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, 1998-present
-Consultant, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 2002-2003
-Member, Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Dynamic Scoring, U.S. Congress, 2002-2003
-Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, U.S. Treasury, 2001-2002
-The Kaiser Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Stanford University, 2000-2001
-Consultant, World Bank, 1999
-Consultant, The Urban Institute, 1998-1999
-Economist, Congressional Budget Office, 1995-1998


Education
Ph.D., M.A., Harvard University
B.S., B.S., Ohio State University


Articles and Short Publications
Ticketmaster vs. Ticket Buyers
Events
Improving the Social Security Trustees Report
The History, Impact, and Future of Private Equity
The Long-Term Outlook for Health Care Spending
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Speaking Engagements
Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Davis v. Kentucky Department of Revenue
Research Areas
Insurance
Risk management
Contact Information
Kent A. Smetters
American Enterprise Institute
 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
Phone: 215-898-9811
Assistant: 202-862-5912
Fax: 215-898-0310
E-mail: smetters@wharton.upenn.edu