Richard Thaler | |
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Nationality | United States |
Institution | University of Chicago Booth School of Business 1995– Johnson Graduate School of Management 1978–1995 |
Field | Behavioral finance |
Alma mater | University of Rochester (M.A. 1970, Ph.D. 1974) Case Western Reserve University (B.A. 1967) Newark Academy |
Doctoral advisor | Sherwin Rosen |
Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2017) |
Richard H. Thaler (/ˈθeɪlər/; born September 12, 1945) is an American economist of Jewish descent.[1]
He is best known for being a theorist in behavioral finance. He was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics for improving behavioral economics.[2][3][4][5]