Matthew Rabin | |
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 Rabin in 2008 | |
| Born | December 27, 1963 |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Behavioral economics, Game theory |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison 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 an American economist. He 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]
- ^ Drew Fudenberg Students
- ^ "Ely's Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ^ "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.