Richard H. Thaler

Richard H. Thaler is an economist who joined the faculty of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1995 and is now an emeritus professor there, having held the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professorship of Behavioral Science and Economics. One of the founders of behavioral economics and behavioral finance, he received the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work in the field, including the theory of mental accounting. He was president of the American Economic Association in 2015.