Reinhard Selten
German economist (1930-2016)
Reinhard Justus Reginald Selten (5 October 1930 – 23 August 2016) was a German economist. He won the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with John Harsanyi and John Nash). He is also well known for his work in bounded rationality and can be thought as one of the founding fathers of experimental economics. Selten was professor emeritus at the University of Bonn, Germany.
Reinhard Selten | |
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 Reinhard Selten, 2001 | |
| Born | Reinhard Justus Reginald Selten 5 October 1930 |
| Died | 23 August 2016 (aged 85) Poznań, Poland |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| Known for | Game theory |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1994) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics |
| Institutions | University of Bonn |
| Doctoral advisor | Ewald Burger Wolfgang Franz |
| Doctoral students | Eric van Damme |
| Influenced | Axel Ockenfels Benny Moldovanu Abdolkarim Sadrieh |
He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1990.[1]
Selten, who was partly Jewish, died on 23 August 2016 in Poznań, Poland, aged 85.[2]
References
change- ↑ "Reinhard Selten". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
- ↑ Roberts, Sam, "Reinhard Selten, Whose Strides in Game Theory Led to a Nobel, Dies at 85", New York Times, September 2, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
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- Laboratory for Experimental Economics Archived 2006-01-30 at the Wayback Machine, at the University of Bonn, Germany Archived 2003-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Reinhard Selten – Autobiography
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- Economista alemán, nacido en Breslau (actualmente Wroclaw, en Polonia).
- Reinhard Selten (1930– ). Library of Economics and Liberty (2nd ed.). Liberty Fund. 2008.
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