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Amos Tversky

Israeli psychologist (1937-1996) · Israel · Academics · Died at 59

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Amos Nathan Tversky was an Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist and a key figure in the discovery of systematic human cognitive bias and handling of risk.

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2003Grawemeyer AwardsAward1996Died2 June 19961995Howard Crosby Warren MedalAward1993Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAward1989William James Fellow AwardAward1937Born16 March 1937

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The shape of the value (utility) function in prospect theory. The asymmetry of the function corresponds to loss aversion.The shape of the value (utility) function in prospect theory. The asymmetry of the function corresponds to loss aversion.

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Grawemeyer Awards2003
Howard Crosby Warren Medal1995
Fellow of the Econometric Society1993
William James Fellow Award1989
Guggenheim Fellowship
MacArthur Fellows Program
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Country
Israel
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 1996 · aged 59

Academics from Israel 6

Stanley Fischer54.1Neri Oxman53.2Adi Shamir54.7Hillel Furstenberg52.4Elon Lindenstrauss54.7Joseph Raz52.3

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