Peter Wakker
Peter Wakker | |
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| Born | March 16, 1956 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Nijmegen University Tilburg University |
| Doctoral advisor | Pieter Ruys Stef Tijs David Schmeidler |
| Influences | Bruno de Finetti, Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, Peter C. Fishburn |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Behavioral economics, Decision theory |
| Doctoral students | Han Bleichrodt |
| Awards | INFORMS Frank P. Ramsey Medal |
| Website | |
Peter P. Wakker (/ˈvɑːkər/; born March 16, 1956) is a Dutch economist. He is a professor of Behavioral Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics, in Rotterdam, and a research fellow at the Tinbergen Institute. He is considered one of most important researchers in the fields of behavioral economics and decision theory.
Wakker's research within behavioral economics is mostly related to understanding our attitudes towards uncertainty, risk and ambiguity. He has also done research in axiomatic decision theory, in particular related to the utility representation of preferences. In both of those fields, Wakker has done both theoretical and experimental work.