Ernst Fehr is an Austrian-Swiss behavioral economist and neuroeconomist and a Professor of Microeconomics and Experimental Economic Research, as well as the Awards and prizesWhy Social Preferences MatterSelected bibliography
Fehr is a proponent of an interdisciplinary approach to behavioral science and, as such, has applied his neurobiological research to economics, with the goal of gaining a more accurate understanding of why people make certain economic decisions, specifically in relation to altruism, reciprocity, and cooperation.
He is also well known for his important contributions to the new field of neuroeconomics, as well as to behavioral economics, behavioral finance and Awards and prizesWhy Social Preferences MatterSelected bibliography
Voted the most influential economist in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland,1Ernst Fehr specializes in neuroeconomics and behavioral economics, with specific interests in fairness and social cooperation.
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Austrian economist
Ernst Fehr is an Austrian-Swiss 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.
Ernst Fehr is an Austrian-Swiss behavioral economist and neuroeconomist and a
Austrian economist
Ernst Fehr is an Austrian-Swiss 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.
