David M. Kreps

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1950 –

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Who is David M. Kreps?

David Marc "Dave" Kreps is a game theorist and economist and professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He is known for his analysis of dynamic choice models and non-cooperative game theory, particularly the idea of sequential equilibrium, which he developed with Stanford Business School colleague Robert B. Wilson.

He earned his A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1972 and his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1975. Kreps won the John Bates Clark Medal in 1989. He was awarded an honorary Ph.D. by the Université Paris-Dauphine in 2001.

He has also written many books, including Microeconomics for Managers and A Course in Microeconomic Theory.

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Born
Oct 18, 1950
New York City
Also known as
  • David Kreps
  • David Marc Kreps
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth College
    ( - 1972)
  • Master of Arts, Stanford University
  • PhD, Stanford University School of Engineering
    Operations research
    ( - 1975)
Employment
  • Assistant Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business
    (1975 - 1978)
  • Associate Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business
    (1978 - 1980)
  • Stanford Graduate School of Business
    (1980 - )
  • Senior Associate Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business
    (2000 - 2009)
  • Sackler Fellow, Tel Aviv University
    (1991 - 2006)
  • Research Officer, University of Cambridge
    (1978 - 1979)
  • Fellow Commoner, Churchill College, Cambridge
    (1978 - 1979)
  • Visiting Professor, Yale University
    (1982 - 1982)
  • Program Co-Chair, Seventh World Congress, Econometric Society
    (1995 - 1995)
Lived in
  • California

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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