Ernst Fehr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ernst Fehr

Austrian economist

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1956

Place of Birth: Hard, Vorarlberg, Austria

Profession: economist, university teacher

Nationality: Switzerland, Austria

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Ernst Fehr (born June 21, 1956 in Hard, Austria) is an Austrian-Swiss behavioral economist and neuroeconomist and a Professor of Microeconomics and Experimental Economic Research, as well as the vice chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Zürich, Switzerland.
His research covers the areas of the evolution of human cooperation and sociality, in particular fairness, reciprocity and bounded rationality. He is also well known for his important contributions to the new field of neuroeconomics, as well as to behavioral economics, behavioral finance and experimental economics.
According to IDEAS/REPEC, he is the second-most influential German-speaking economist, and is ranked at 86th globally.In 2010 Ernst Fehr founded, together with his brother, Gerhard Fehr, FehrAdvice & Partners, the first globally operating consultancy firm completely dedicated to behavioral economics. In 2016, Fehr was ranked as the most influential economist in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.