Vernon Lomax Smith ( born Vernon Lomax Smith ; born January 1, 1927 , Wichita , pc. Kansas ) is an American economist . Winner of the 2002 Economics Prize in Memory of Alfred Nobel "for laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis, especially in the analysis of alternative market mechanisms" [5] [6] . The founder (together with co-authors) of the experimental economy .
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| English Vernon lomax smith | |
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| Place of Birth | Wichita ( Kansas , USA ) |
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| Scientific field | economy |
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| supervisor | V.V. Leontiev |
| Awards and prizes |  Nobel Prize in Economics (2002) |
Member of the US National Academy of Sciences (1995) [7] .
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Biography
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (1949). Master of Economics at the University of Kansas (1952). He received his doctorate at Harvard (1955).
He taught at Purdue Universities , George Mason , Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; Research Center for Neuroeconomics , president of the International Fund for Experimental Economic Research.
President of the Association of Economic Science (1986-1987) and the Society of "Public Choice" (1988-1990). Adam Smith Prize Laureate (1995).
International Foundation for Experimental Economic Research
In 1997, Smith founded The International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics , IFREE, a private philanthropic institution dedicated to supporting the experimental research methodology in economics. The board of directors of the fund includes well-known economists: D. North , C. McCabe . One of the activities of the fund is to support (in the form of scholarships) doctoral students involved in experimental economic research. The foundation also sponsors neuroeconomic research. .
Community Activities
In 2016, he signed a letter calling on Greenpeace , the United Nations and governments around the world to stop the fight against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) [8] [9] [10] .
Artwork
- “Investment and Production” (Investment and Production, 1961).
Translations into Russian
- Experimental Economics (a set of studies, in the aggregate of which the author was awarded the Nobel Prize) / Per. from English under scientific ed. R. M. Nureyev . - M .: IRISEN; Thought, 2008 .-- 808 p. - ISBN 978-5-91066-024-7 .
Notes
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2018.
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 121963284 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Press Release of the Nobel Committee on Economics for 2002
- ↑ Winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics . Encyclopædia Britannica. Date of treatment January 13, 2018. (English)
- ↑ Vernon L. Smith
- ↑ 107 Nobel laureates sign letter blasting Greenpeace over GMOs
- ↑ Laureates Letter Supporting Precision Agriculture (GMOs)
- ↑ List of Nobel Laureates Signing the Letter