Axel Ockenfels | |
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| Born | 9 February 1969 |
| Nationality | German |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Market design Game theory Behavioral economics |
| Institution | University of Cologne |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn (Diplom-Volkswirt, 1994) Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (Dr. rer. pol., 1998; habilitation, 2002) |
| Influences | Reinhard Selten Alvin E. Roth Joachim Weimann |
| Awards | Leibniz Prize (2005) Gossen Prize (2006) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Axel Ockenfels (born 9 February 1969) is a German economist. He is professor of economics at the University of Cologne. He also is Director of the Cologne Laboratory of Economic Research, Speaker of the "University of Cologne Excellence Center for Social and Economic Behavior " (C-SEB), and Coordinator of the DFG research unit "Design & Behavior".