ECONIS Select – 2011 Global Economy Prize: Daniel Kahneman

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05/2011

The 2011 Global Economy Prize is awarded to Daniel Kahneman in the category of Economics

Daniel Kahneman was born in Tel Aviv (now Israel) in 1934. He is winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences “for having integrated insights from psychological research into economic science, especially concerning human judgment and decision-making under uncertainty". Much of this work was carried out collaboratively with Amos Tversky. Since 2007 Prof. Kahneman is Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Professor of Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton University). He is also member of the Center for Rationality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Web-Links:

• Daniel Kahneman
  (Homepage, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton)
• Daniel Kahneman
  (wikipedia-article)
• Autobiography
  (nobelprize.org)

Literature selected from our database ECONIS:

• Article: Prospect theory: an analysis of decision under risk / Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky
  In: Econometrica. - [Wechselnde Verlagsorte], ISSN 0012-9682, ZDB-ID 1798x. - Bd. 47.1979, 2, S. 263-291
• Article: Advances in prospect theory: cumulative representation of uncertainty / Amos Tversky; Daniel Kahneman
  In: Journal of risk and uncertainty. - Dordrecht [u.a.]: Springer Science + Business Media, ISSN 0895-5646, ZDB-ID 598379. - 5 (1992),4, S. 297-323
  Keywords: Entscheidung / |stw| Prospect Theory / |stw| Nutzen / |stw| Risiko / |stw| Theorie
• Article: Maps of bounded rationality: psychology for behavioral economics / by Daniel Kahneman
  In: The American economic review. - Nashville, Tenn.: American Economic Assoc., ISSN 0002-8282, ZDB-ID 203590x. - Bd. 93.2003, 5, S. 1449-1475
  Keywords: Beschränkte Rationalität / |stw| Prospect Theory / |stw| Theorie / |stw| Kognition
• Title: Would you be happier if you were richer?: A focusing illusion / by Daniel Kahneman; Alan B. Krueger; David Schkade; Norbert Schwarz; Arthur A. Stone
  Published: Princeton, NJ: Center for Economic Policy Studies, 2006
  Series: CEPS working paper; 125
  Keywords: Zufriedenheit / Einkommen
• Title: National time accounting: the currency of life / by Alan B. Krueger; Daniel Kahneman; David Schkade; Norbert Schwarz; Arthur A. Stone
  Published: Princeton, NJ: Center for Economic Policy Studies, 2007
  Series: CEPS working paper; 157
  Keywords: Zeitallokation / Lebensqualität / USA / Frankreich
• Article: Anomalies: Utility maximization and experienced utility / Daniel Kahneman and Richard H. Thaler
  In : The journal of economic perspectives. - Nashville, Tenn.: American Economic Association, ISSN 0895-3309, ZDB-ID 6230180. - Bd. 20.2006, 1, S. 221-234
  Keywords: Nutzentheorie / |stw| Marktmechanismus / |stw| Prognose / |stw| Bias / |stw| Theorie
• Article: Developments in the measurement of subjective well-being / Daniel Kahneman and Alan B. Krueger
  In: The journal of economic perspectives. - Nashville, Tenn.: American Economic Association, ISSN 0895-3309, ZDB-ID 6230180. - Bd. 20.2006, 1, S. 3-24
  Keywords: Offenbarte Präferenzen / |stw| Nutzen / |stw| Messung / |stw| Zufriedenheit
• Article: Testing competing models of loss aversion: an adversarial collaboration / Ian Bateman, Daniel Kahneman, Alistair Munro, Chris Starmer, Robert Sugden
  In: Journal of public economics. - Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier, ISSN 0047-2727, ZDB-ID 1839950. - Bd. 89.2005, 8, S. 1561-1580
  Keywords: Willingness to pay / |stw| Präferenztheorie / |stw| Entscheidung / |stw| Konsumentenverhalten / |stw| Theorie
• Article: Toward national well-beging accounts / by Daniel Kahneman. ..
  In: The American economic review. - Nashville, Tenn.: American Economic Assoc., ISSN 0002-8282, ZDB-ID 203590x. - Bd. 94.2004, 2, S. 429-434
  Keywords: Lebensqualität / |stw| Messung
• Article: Experienced utility and objective happiness: a moment-based approach / Daniel Kahneman
  In: The psychology of economic decisions; Vol. 1: Rationality and well-being. - Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, ISBN 0-19-925108-8. - 2003, S. 187-208
• Article: Rational choice and the framing of decisions / Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman
  In: Choices, values, and frames. - New York, NY [u.a.]: Russell Sage Foundation [u.a.], ISBN 0-521-62172-0. - 2002, S. 209-223
• Article: Fairness as a constraint on profit seeking: entitlements in the market / Daniel Kahneman, Jack L. Knetsch and Richard H. Thaler
  In: Choices, values, and frames. - New York, NY [u.a.]: Russell Sage Foundation [u.a.], ISBN 0-521-62172-0. - 2002, S. 317-334
• Title: Choices, values, and frames / Russell Sage Foundation. Ed. by Daniel Kahneman; Amos Tversky
  Körperschaft: Russell Sage Foundation
  Published: New York, NY [u.a.]: Russell Sage Foundation [u.a.], 2002
  Signatory: A02-2550
• Article: Economic preferences or attitude expressions?: An analysis of dollar responses to public issues / Daniel Kahneman; Ilana Ritov; David Schkade
  In: Choices, values, and frames. - New York, NY [u.a.]: Russell Sage Foundation [u.a.], ISBN 0-521-62172-0. - 2000, S. 642-671
  Keywords: Präferenztheorie / |stw| Willingness to pay / |stw| Nutzentheorie / |stw| Sozialpsychologie / |stw| Theorie
• Article: Elaborating a simpler theory of anchoring / Shane Frederick; Daniel Kahneman; Daniel Mochon
  In: Journal of consumer psychology. - Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier, ISSN 1057-7408, ZDB-ID 11095295. - Bd. 20.2010, 1, S. 17-19
• Article: The endowment effect: evidence of losses valued more than gains / Daniel Kahneman; Jack L. Knetsch; Richard H. Thaler
  In: Handbook of experimental economics results; Vol. 1:. - Amsterdam [u.a.]: North-Holland, ISBN 978-0-444-82642-8. - 2008, S. 939-948
• Article: Timid choices and bold forecasts: a cognitive perspective on risk taking / Daniel Kahneman and Dan Lovallo
  In: Fundamentals of business strategy; Vol. 6:. - Los Angeles [u.a.]: SAGE. - 2008, S. 320-339
  Keywords: Risikomanagement / Frühwarnsystem / Kognition
• Article: Thoughts on "National time accounting: the currency of life" / Erik Hurst
  In: Measuring the subjective well-being of nations. - Chicago, Ill. [u.a.]: Univ. of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-45456-8. - 2009, S. 227-241
  Keywords: Zeitallokation / Zufriedenheit / Messung / USA
• Article: Prospect theoretic contributions in understanding traveller behaviour: a review and some comments / Zheng Li and David Hensher
  In: Transport reviews. - London: Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0144-1647, ZDB-ID 5886910. - Bd. 31.2011, 1, S. 97-115
  Keywords: Verkehrsverhalten / Entscheidung bei Unsicherheit / Prospect Theory / Theorie
• Article: Modeling the impact of control on the attractiveness of risk in a prospect theory framework / Diana L. Young, Adam S. Goodie and Daniel B. Hall
  In: Journal of behavioral decision making. - Chichester [u.a.]: Wiley, ISSN 0894-3257, ZDB-ID 2277190. - Bd. 24.2011, 1, S. 47-70
  Keywords: Entscheidung / Kognition / Prospect Theory / Kontrolle / Test / USA
• Article: Prospect theory and risk appetite: an application to traders' strategies in the financial market / Shi-Nan Cao; Jing Deng; Honggang Li
  In: Journal of economic interaction and coordination. - Berlin: Springer, ISSN 1860-711X, ZDB-ID 2239073X. - Bd. 5.2010, 2, S. 249-259
  Keywords: Kapitalertrag / Volatilität / Statistische Verteilung / Prospect Theory / Markteffizienz / Agent-based Model / Theorie
• Article: On lottery sales, jackpot sizes and irrationality: a cautionary note / D. A. Peel
  In: Economics letters. - Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765, ZDB-ID 7172102. - Bd. 109.2010, 3, S. 161-163
  Keywords: Glücksspiel / Prospect Theory
• Article: Looking at prospect theory / Philip Bromiley
  In: Strategic management journal. - Chichester [u.a.]: Wiley, ISSN 0143-2095, ZDB-ID 1644051. - Bd. 31.2010, 12, S. 1357-1370
  Keywords: Prospect Theory / Risikopräferenz / Strategisches Management
• Article: The limitations of prospect theory and the expected utility theory : a new theory / Moawia Alghalith
  In: Atlantic economic journal. - Dordrecht [u.a.]: Springer, ISSN 0197-4254, ZDB-ID 188752x. - Bd. 38.2010, 2, S. 244
  Keywords: Prospect Theory / Erwartungsnutzen / Theorie
• Title: Probability weighting as evolutionary second-best / Florian Herold; Nick Netzer
  Published: Zürich: Univ., Sozialökonomisches Inst., 2010
  Series: Working paper / Socioeconomic Institute, University of Zurich; 1005
  Keywords: Prospect Theory / Entscheidungstheorie / Präferenztheorie
  Link: http://www.soi.uzh.ch/research/wp/2010/ wp1005.pdf
• Article: Optimal taxation in the presence of tax evasion: expected utility versus prospect theory / Sanjit Dhami; Ali Al-Nowaihi
  In: Journal of economic behavior & organization. - Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier, ISSN 0167-2681, ZDB-ID 8643210. - Bd. 75.2010, 2, S. 313-337
  Keywords: Einkommensteuer / Optimale Besteuerung / Steuerflucht / Entscheidung bei Unsicherheit / Entscheidung bei Risiko / Prospect Theory / Steuertheorie
• Article: Does the prospect theory also hold for power traders?: Empirical evidence from a Swiss energy company / Erkan Kalayci, Ulkem Basdas
  In: Review of financial economics. - Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier, ISSN 1058-3300, ZDB-ID 11164773. - Bd. 19.2010, 1, S. 38-45
  Keywords: Prospect Theory / Energiewirtschaft / Schweiz / house money effect

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