Robert Sugden (economist)
Robert Sugden | |
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| Born | 26 August 1949 |
| Nationality | British |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of York, UK |
| Influences | Harsanyi, Rawls, Smith, Hume, Mill, and Hayek |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Microeconomics |
| School or tradition | Cognitive & Behavioural Economics |
| Institutions | University of East Anglia, Norwich |
| Notable ideas | welfare economics, social choice, decision theory, evolutionary social theory, regret theory |
| Website | |
Robert Sugden, FBA (born 26 August 1949) is an English author in the area of cognitive and behavioural economics. Professor Sugden's research combines game theory (mainly experimental game theory and coordination games) with moral and political philosophy. He is associated with the classical-liberal tradition of Hume, Mill, and Hayek.