Reinhard Selten

Reinhard Selten

German economist and Nobel Laureate (1930–2016)

Died aged 85LibraGermany

Biography

Reinhard Justus Reginald Selten (German: [ˈʁaɪnhaʁt ˈzɛltn̩] ; 5 October 1930 – 23 August 2016) was a German economist, who won the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with John Harsanyi and John Nash). He is also well known for his work in bounded rationality and can be considered one of the founding fathers of experimental economics.

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Career highlights

Career & roles

  • Director of International Congress University

Employers / organisations

  • Freie Universität Berlin
  • University of Bonn
  • Bielefeld University
  • Goethe University Frankfurt
  • University of California, Berkeley

Family

Parents
Adolf Selten

Awards & honours (9)

  • Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
  • Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
  • Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • honorary doctorate of the University of Graz
  • Fellow of the Econometric Society
  • honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • honorary doctor of the École normale supérieure de Cachan
  • Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Reinhard Selten died on August 23, 2016 at the age of 85.
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Reinhard Selten was born on October 5, 1930.
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Reinhard Selten was born in Wrocław.
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Reinhard Selten's zodiac sign is Libra.
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Reinhard Selten is a citizen of Germany.
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Reinhard Selten is known as economist, mathematician, Esperantist, university teacher.

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