George Loewenstein
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George Freud Loewenstein (born August 9, 1955 ) is an American economist and psychologist.
Loewenstein graduated from Brandeis University with a bachelor's degree in 1977 and received his PhD from Yale University in 1985, taught at the University of Chicago and is Herbert A. Simon Professor of Economics and Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). He is co-director of the Center for Behavioral Decision Research at CMU and director of behavioral economics at the Center for Health Incentives at the Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania.
He deals with the application of psychology in economics (decision-making processes and influences on them such as emotions and conflicts of interest, negotiations, law and economics, business ethics) and is one of the founders of behavioral economics and neuroeconomics.
In 2017 he was one of the Clarivate Citation Laureates in Economics. He has been at the Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin, the London School of Economics , the Institute for Advanced Study and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008) and was President of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making .
Fonts (selection)
- with SJ Hoch: Time-inconsistent preferences and consumer self-control, Journal of Consumer Research, Volume 17, 1991, pp. 492-507
- with D. Prelec: Anomalies in intertemporal choice: Evidence and an interpretation, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 107, 1992, pp. 573-597
- Out of control: Visceral influences on behavior, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Volume 65, 1996, pp. 272-292
- with CK Hsee, S. Blount, Max H. Bazerman : Preference reversals between joint and separate evaluations of options: A review and theoretical analysis, Psychological Bulletin, Volume 125, 1999, p. 576
- with EU Weber, CK Hsee, N. Welch: Risk as feelings, Psychological Bulletin, Volume 127, 2001, p. 267
- with S. Frederick, T. O'Donoghue: Time discounting and time preference: A critical review, Journal of Economic Literature, Volume 40, 2002, pp. 351-401
- with Jennifer S. Lerner: The role of affect in decision making, in: RJ Davidson u. a., Handbook of affective science, Oxford UP 2003, pp. 619-642
- with C. Camerer a. a .: Regulation for Conservatives: Behavioral Economics and the Case for "Asymmetric Paternalism", University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Volume 151, 2003, pp. 1211-1254
- with SM McClure, DI Laibson , JD Cohen: Separate neural systems value immediate and delayed monetary rewards, Science, Volume 306, 2004, pp. 503-507
- with C. Camerer, D. Prelec: Neuroeconomics: How neuroscience can inform economics, Journal of Economic Literature, Volume 43, 2005, pp. 9-64
- with D. Ariely : The heat of the moment: The effect of sexual arousal on sexual decision making, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Volume 19, 2006, p. 87
- Editor with Colin F Camerer , Matthew Rabin: Advances in Behavioral Economics, Princeton UP 2011
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| SURNAME | Loewenstein, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Loewenstein, George Freud |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American economist and psychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1955 |