David Kreps

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David Marc Kreps (born October 18, 1950 in New York City ) is an American economist .

Live and act

Kreps obtained his Artium Baccalaureus in Mathematics from Dartmouth College in 1972 and his Master of Arts and Ph.D. in Operations Research from the Stanford School of Engineering at Stanford University . Since 1975 he has worked at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University: from 1975 to 1978 he was assistant professor, 1978 to 1980 associate professor and since 1980 he has been full professor of economics . Visiting professorships took him to Yale University (1982), Harvard University (1983–1984), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1985), University of Paris-Dauphine (1986), Tel Aviv University (1989–1990), University of Oxford (1990) and to Luigi Bocconi University of Economics (1992). In 1983 he became a research fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ( Sloan Research Fellow ).

Kreps mainly works in the areas of decision making , game theory and price theory . In particular, he deals with dynamic decision-making, financial markets , limited rationality and human resources .

Due to the number of his citations, Clarivate Analytics has been one of the favorites for an Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics ( Clarivate Citation Laureates ) since 2018 .

Kreps has three children and his hobbies are cooking and training in youth sports.

Awards

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Works

Books
  • Notes on the Theory of Choice. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado 1988, ISBN 0-8133-7553-3 .
  • A Course in Microeconomic Theory. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey 1990, ISBN 0-691-04264-0 ; German as: microeconomic theory . Verlag Moderne Industrie, Landsberg / Lech 1994, ISBN 3-478-39280-2 .
  • Game Theory and Economic Modeling. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1990, ISBN 0-19-828357-1 .
  • with James N. Baron: Strategic Human Resources. Frameworks for General Managers. Wiley, New York [et. a.] 1999, ISBN 0-471-07253-2 .
  • Microeconomics for Managers. WW Norton, New York [u. a.] 2004, ISBN 0-393-97678-5 .
Article (selection)
  • A note on “fulfilled expectations” equilibria. In: Journal of Economic Theory. Volume 14, No. 1, February 1977, pp. 32-43.
  • with Evan L. Porteus: Temporal Resolution of Uncertainty and Dynamic Choice Theory. In: Econometrica. Volume 46, No. 1, January 1978, pp. 185-200.
  • A Representation Theorem for "Preference for Flexibility. In: Econometrica. Volume 47, No. 3, May 1979, pp. 565-577.
  • with J. Michael Harrison: Martingales and arbitrage in multiperiod securities markets. In: Journal of Economic Theory. Volume 20, No. 3, June 1979, pp. 381-408.
  • with Robert Wilson : Reputation and imperfect information. In: Journal of Economic Theory. Volume 27, No. 2, August 1982, pp. 253-279.
  • with Robert Wilson: Sequential Equilibria. In: Econometrica. Volume 50, No. 4, July 1982, pp. 863-894.
  • with Jose A. Scheinkman: Quantity Precommitment and Bertrand Competition Yield Cournot Outcomes. In: Bell Journal of Economics. Volume 14, No. 2, 1983, pp. 326-337.
  • with In-Koo Cho: Signaling Games and Stable Equilibria. In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Vol. 102, No. 2, May 1987, pp. 179-221.
  • with Drew Fudenberg : Reputation in the Simultaneous Play of Multiple Opponents. In: Review of Economic Studies. Vol. 54, No. 4, October 1987, pp. 541-568.
  • with Robert Wilson: Corporate Culture and Economic Theory. In: James E. Alt and Kenneth A. Shepsle (Eds.): Perspectives on Positive Political Economy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [u. a.] 1990, ISBN 0-521-39221-7 , pp. 90-143
  • Static choice in the presence of unforeseen contingencies. In: Partha Dasgupta , Douglas Gale, Oliver Hart and Eric S. Maskin (eds.): Economic Analysis of Markets and Games. Essays in Honor of Frank Hahn. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. [u. a.] 1992, ISBN 0-262-04127-8 , pp. 565-577.
  • with Drew Fudenberg: Learning in Extensive-Form Games I: Self-Confirming Equilibrium. In: Games and Economic Behavior. Volume 8, No. 1, 1995, pp. 20-55.
  • Markets and Hierarchies and (Mathematical) Economic Theory. In: Industrial and Corporate Change. Volume 5, No. 2, 1996, pp. 561-595.
  • Economics. The current position. In: Daedalus. Volume 126, No. 1, 1997, pp. 59-85.
  • Intrinsic Motivation and Extrinsic Incentives. In: American Economic Review. Volume 87, No. 2, May 1997, pp. 359-364.

literature

  • Mark Blaug and Howard R. Vane (Eds.): Who's who in economics . 4th edition, Elgar, Cheltenham and Northampton 2003, ISBN 1-84064-992-5 , pp. 469-470 ( online )
  • Jean Tirole : In Honor of David Kreps, Winner of the John Bates Clark Medal . In: Journal of Economic Perspectives. Volume 4, No. 3, 1990, pp. 149–170 (with picture, jstor )
  • Who's Who in America. 66th Edition, Volume 1: A – L. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights 2011, ISBN 978-0-8379-7031-8 (Volume 1), ISBN 978-0-8379-7035-6 (Complete Works ), ISSN  0083-9396 , p. 2479

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Clarivate Analytics Reveals Annual Forecast of Future Nobel Prize Recipients. In: clarivate.com. Clarivate Analytics, September 20, 2018, accessed September 20, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Kreps, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kreps, David Marc (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City