Richard Thaler
American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1945)
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- Thaler ( ; born September 12, 1945) is an American economist and the Charles R.
- In 2015, Thaler was president of the American Economic Association.
- He has collaborated with Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, and others in further defining that field.
- In 2017, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to behavioral economics.
- His empirical findings and theoretical insights have been instrumental in creating the new and rapidly expanding field of behavioral economics.
Richard H. Thaler (; born September 12, 1945) is an American economist and the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In 2015, Thaler was president of the American Economic Association.
Thaler is a theorist in behavioral economics. He has collaborated with Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, and others in further defining that field. In 2018, he was elected a member in the National Academy of Sciences.
In 2017, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to behavioral economics. In its announcement, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences stated that his "contributions have built a bridge between the economic and psychological analyses of individual decision-making. His empirical findings and theoretical insights have been instrumental in creating the new and rapidly expanding field of behavioral economics."
Personal life
Thaler was born in East Orange, New Jersey, to a Jewish family. His mother, Roslyn (née Melnikoff) was a teacher, and later a real estate agent while his father, Alan Maurice Thaler, was an actuary at the Prudential Financial in Newark, New Jersey, and was born in Toronto. He has three children from his first marriage and is now married to France Leclerc, a former marketing professor at the University of Chicago and avid photographer.
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