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Hersh Shefrin

behavioral finance pioneer.

Hersh Shefrin is an economist best known for his pioneering work in modern behavioral economics and behavioral finance. His contributions to the development of these fields include many books and articles. Several of his early articles on behavioral topics were done in collaboration with economists Richard Thaler and Meir Statman.

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Adam Alter
Drunk Tank Pink; Irresistible; cue-driven behavior research.
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Adam Galinsky
power and decision-making.
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Amos Tversky
heuristics-and-biases program; Prospect Theory co-author.
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Anders Ericsson
deliberate practice.
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Andrei Shleifer
noise traders; inefficient markets.
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Annie Duke
Thinking in Bets; resulting fallacy.
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Antonio Damasio
somatic-marker hypothesis.
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Barbara Mellers
Good Judgment Project co-PI; forecasting accuracy.
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10 May 2026
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