Born: 1934-03-05 in Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel)
Gender: male
Field: Israeli-American psychologist and economist (1934–2024)
Daniel Kahneman was an Israeli-American psychologist best known for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences together with Vernon L. Smith. Kahneman's published empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory. Kahneman became known as the "grandfather of behavioral economics."
Awarded on: 2002-10-09
"for having integrated insights from psychological research into economic science, especially concerning human judgment and decision-making under uncertainty"
Affiliations: