Nationality Austria Role Professor Awards Marcel Benoist Prize Name Ernst Fehr Fields Behavioral economics | Alma mater University of Vienna Influenced Armin Falk Institution University of Zurich Education University of Vienna | |
Born June 21, 1956 (age 67) ( 1956-06-21 ) Hard, Austria | ||
Ernst fehr konomische forschung f r eine bessere welt nzz standpunkte 2015
Ernst Fehr (born June 21, 1956 in Hard, Austria) is an Austrian behavioral economist and neuroeconomist and a Professor of Microeconomics and Experimental Economic Research, as well as the vice chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. His research covers the areas of the evolution of human cooperation and sociality, in particular fairness, reciprocity and bounded rationality.
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- Ernst fehr konomische forschung f r eine bessere welt nzz standpunkte 2015
- Prof ernst fehr ber k nftige aktivit ten des ubs center
- Awards and prizes
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He is also well known for his important contributions to the new field of neuroeconomics, as well as to behavioral economics, behavioral finance and experimental economics. According to IDEAS/REPEC, he is the second-most influential German-speaking economist, and is ranked at 86th globally.
In 2010 Ernst Fehr founded, together with his brother, Gerhard Fehr, FehrAdvice & Partners, the first globally operating consultancy firm completely dedicated to behavioral economics.
2016 Fehr was ranked as the most influential economist in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Prof ernst fehr ber k nftige aktivit ten des ubs center
Awards and prizes
In 2008, Fehr won the Marcel-Benoist of 100,000 Swiss francs. In 2011, he was awarded the Vorarlberg Science Prize (€10,000); in 2012, he received the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art and on 9 April 2013 he was awarded the Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize "for his pioneering research on the role of fairness in markets, organisations and in individual decisions".
Fehr is an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences and visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 2017, Fehr was appointed as lifelong foreign honorary member of the American Economic Association, AEA, together with Philippe Aghion, an economics professor at Harvard University. The number of honorary members is limited. The election is made by the Executive Committee of the American Economic Association and will only take place if a former honorary member dies.