Reflections on the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize Awarded to Richard Thaler

Authors

  • Till Grüne-Yanoff Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v10i2.307

Abstract

The 2017 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded to Richard H. Thaler “for his contributions to behavioural economics”. Till Grüne-Yanoff reflects on Thaler’s work.

Author Biography

Till Grüne-Yanoff, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Till Grüne-Yanoff is professor of philosophy at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. He is associated with the Academy of Finland Centre for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (TINT) at the University of Helsinki, and the Max Planck Institute of Human Development in Berlin. His research focuses on philosophy of science, decision theory, and the relation of science and policy-making.

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Published

2017-12-21

How to Cite

Grüne-Yanoff, T. (2017). Reflections on the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize Awarded to Richard Thaler. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 10(2), 61–75. https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v10i2.307

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2017): Autumn 2017

Section

Special Contributions