Matthew Rabin
Matthew Rabin | |
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MIT | |
Doctoral advisor | Drew Fudenberg[1] |
Doctoral students | Jeffrey C. Ely[2] |
Awards | John Bates Clark Medal John von Neumann Award |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
Matthew Joel Rabin (born December 27, 1963) is the Pershing Square Professor of Behavioral Economics in the Harvard Economics Department and Harvard Business School. Rabin's research focuses primarily on incorporating psychologically more realistic assumptions into empirically applicable formal economic theory. His topics of interest include errors in statistical reasoning and the evolution of beliefs, effects of choice context on exhibited preferences, reference-dependent preferences, and errors people make in inference in market and learning settings.[3][4]
Background
Rabin was the Edward G. and Nancy S. Jordan Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley Economics Department for 25 years before moving to Harvard.
His research is directed, among other economic fields, towards
References
- ^ Drew Fudenberg Students
- ^ "Ely's Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ^ a b c d "Matthew Rabin - Pershing Square Professor of Behavioral Economics". Harvard University. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ^ "The Pershing Square Foundation awards $17M to Harvard". Harvard Gazette. April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ^ "Matthew Rabin". University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original on May 6, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Matthew Rabin". University of Berkeley. Archived from the original on 2014-10-28.
- ^ "Matthew Rabin John Bates Clark Medalist 2001" (PDF). AEA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-12.
External links
- Psychology and Economics An essay by Matthew Rabin
- In Honor of Matthew Rabin: Winner of the John Bates Clark Medal
- "Matthew Rabin". JSTOR.