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Reinhard Selten

Scientist · born October 5, 1930 · died 2016

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Reinhard Justus Reginald Selten was a German economist, who won the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. 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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  1. ~64Received the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel1994

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