Saturday, April 13, 2024

Economist Philipp Strack, John Bates Clark Medal Medalist 2024

This medal in economics is about the equivalent of the Nobel Prize!

This year's recipient reinforces the impression that microeconomics is not much more than a study of psychology and common sense.

"... Among his many accomplishments are (1) contributions to studies of decision-making and behavioral economics, particularly in dynamic context settings that involve learning and information transmission; (2) the formalization of ideas, such as information cost functions or notions of privacy, so that these concepts can be more fruitfully applied; and (3) the development of a new analytical approach to mechanism design. ...
For example, Strack (with Heidhues, American Economic Review 2021) shows that time-consistent agents may anticipate future choices that are different from what they ultimately choose. ..."

Philipp Strack, Clark Medalist 2024



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