Ernst Fehr (born 21 June 1956 in Hard, Austria) is an Austrian-Swiss[1] 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.
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.[2]
In 2010 Ernst Fehr founded, together with his brother, Gerhard Fehr, FehrAdvice & Partners, the first globally operating consultancy firm completely dedicated to behavioral economics.
In 2016, Fehr was ranked as the most influential economist in Germany,[3] Austria,[4] and Switzerland.[5]
^ abErnst Fehr, Internationales Biographisches Archiv 21/2016 vom 24. Mai 2016 (fl). Ergänzt um Nachrichten durch MA-Journal bis KW 14/2018, in Munzinger-Archiv, Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^"Top 10% Authors, as of September 2011". IDEAS/REPEC. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
^FAZ.net / Patrick Bernau: Ernst Fehr an der Spitze der Ökonomen
^Top 23 - diese Ökonomen prägen Österreich / die Presse.com: http://diepresse.com/home/wirtschaft/economist/4813687/Top-23_Diese-Okonomen-praegen-Osterreich
^Diese Ökonomen prägen die Debatte in der Schweiz / www.nzz.ch: http://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/oekonomen-einfluss-ranking-2016-diese-oekonomen-praegen-die-debatte-in-der-schweiz-ld.114203
ErnstFehr (born 21 June 1956 in Hard, Austria) is an Austrian-Swiss behavioral economist and neuroeconomist and a Professor of Microeconomics and Experimental...
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of the European Economic Association, 13, 841–870. Charness, Gary and ErnstFehr (2015), “From the Lab to the Real World” Science, 350(6260), 512–513....
individual neurons in response to particular stimuli. Vernon L. Smith ErnstFehr George Loewenstein David Laibson As explained in Methodologies above,...
of the utility function without implying inconsistency in preferences. ErnstFehr, Armin Falk, and Rabin studied fairness, inequity aversion and reciprocal...
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obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Zurich under the supervision of ErnstFehr. Falk is Professor of Economics and Director of the Behavior and Inequality...
Competition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-395-63125-6. Fehr, Ernst (2002). "Altruistic punishment in humans" (PDF). Nature. 415 (6868)....
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research linking the natural and social sciences, shared with Professor ErnstFehr of the University of Zurich, the de Robertis Medal of the Argentinian...
S2CID 7111382. See Henrich, Joseph, Robert Boyd, Samuel Bowles, Colin Camerer, ErnstFehr, and Herbert Gintis (2004). Foundations of Human Sociality: Economic Experiments...
cooperation of others in the public goods games. A study conducted by ErnstFehr and Simon Gachter found that contributions are often higher with punishment...
same idea applies to age—the older one gets, the more trusting they are. ErnstFehr and Simon Gächter, professors of behavioral economics at the University...
2021. Fehr, Johannes (31 October 2023). "Die Linke's split: Sahra Wagenknecht's new party is outdated before it's even launched - Johannes Fehr". DiEM25...
Historical Materialism. Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles, Robert T. Boyd and ErnstFehr, Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: The Foundations of Cooperation...
Keefer "A Theory of Fairness, Competition, and Cooperation" (1999), by ErnstFehr and Klaus M. Schmidt "Monetary Policy Rules And Macroeconomic Stability:...
1953 in Mellau), Austrian-American historian and university professor ErnstFehr (born 1956 in Hard) Austrian behavioral economist and neuroeconomist Anton...
2005: Othmar Keel 2006: Timothy J. Richmond 2007: Ari Helenius 2008: ErnstFehr 2009: Françoise Gisou van der Goot (first time that the prize is awarded...
peace prize recipient 2011: Jimmy Wales; co-founder of Wikipedia 2013: ErnstFehr, Zurich; scientist 2015: Tim Berners-Lee, developer of the world wide...
Sociobiology Dual inheritance theory ErnstFehr Herbert Gintis Samuel Bowles Joseph Henrich Robert Boyd Peter Richerson Fehr, E.; Fischbacher, U. (2003). "The...
Making in 2017. In 2009 he served as lead editor along with Colin Camerer, ErnstFehr, and Russell Poldrack of the first textbook dedicated to the discipline...
Peter Temin [past Department Head] William Wheaton Mathias Dewatripont ErnstFehr Jean Tirole Susan Athey (Ph.D., Stanford) John Bates Clark Medal, 2007...
topics." Harvard University National Bureau of Economic Research 2009 ErnstFehr (born 1956) Switzerland Austria "for their contributions to behavioral...
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