Herbert Gintis

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Herbert Gintis (born February 11, 1940 in Philadelphia ) is an American economist . He is Professor of Economics at Central European University , External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute , Visiting Professor at the University of Siena, and Professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts .

Life

Gintis studied mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania ( BA , 1961) and at Harvard University ( MA , 1962). His Ph.D. in economics he received in 1969 from Harvard University. 1973–1974 he was a professor at Harvard, from 1975 to 2002 at the University of Massachusetts. During this time he was visiting professor and lecturer at Harvard University, the University of Paris , the University of Siena, New York University and Columbia University . Since 2001 he has been an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute, and since 2005 professor at the Central European University.

job

Ginti's research areas are behavioral economics , dynamics in general equilibrium theory , evolutionary game theory , modeling of human cooperation , and the unification of behavioral sciences . Gintis has authored hundreds of scientific publications.

Books (selection)

  • A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution (with Samuel Bowles ). Princeton University Press, 2011. ISBN 0-691-15125-3 .
  • The Bounds of Reason: Game Theory and the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences . Princeton University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-691-14052-0 .
  • Game Theory Evolving: A Problem-Centered Introduction to Modeling Strategic Interaction . Princeton University Press, 2009 (2nd edition). ISBN 0-691-14051-0 .
  • Unequal Chances: Family Background and Economic Success (Ed. With Samuel Bowles, Melissa Osborne Groves). Princeton University Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-691-11930-4 .
  • Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: The Foundations of Cooperation in Economic Life: The Foundation of Cooperation in Economic Life (eds., With Samuel Bowles, Ernst Fehr ). The MIT Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-262-07252-6 .
  • The Foundations of Human Sociality: Economic experiments and ethnographic evidence from fifteen small-scale societies (Eds. With Joseph Henrich , Robert Boyd , Samuel Bowles, Colin Camerer , Ernst Fehr) :. Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-926204-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Gintis, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia