Itzhak GILBOA

Professeur

Economie et Sciences de la Décision

gilboa@hec.fr http://itzhakgilboa.weebly.com/
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Biographie

Itzhak Gilboa est titulaire d'une licence en mathématiques et informatique et d'une licence en économie à l'Université de Tel Aviv. Il a ensuite obtenu son mastère en économie en 1984 puis son doctorat, sous la direction de David Schmeidler, en 1987.

Il a enseigné de nombreux cours en microéconomie, théorie de la décision, théorie des jeux, psychologie et économie, aussi bien à la Grande Ecole qu'au MBA.

Il est l'auteur de nombreux ouvrages, tels que Analogies and Theories: Formal Models of Reasoning, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; Theory of Decision under Uncertainty, Cambridge University Press, 2009 ; Rational Choice, MIT Press, 2010 and  Making Better Decisions, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

Ses récents travaux de recherche sont  publiés dans les revues internationales prestigieuses telles que American Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, Annual Reviews in Economics, BE Journals in Theoretical Economics, Econometrica, Economics and Philosophy, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Mathematical Social Sciences, Review of Economics and Statistics, The Journal of Econometrics.

Itzhak Gilboa est aussi titulaire de la Chaire AXA en Sciences de la Décision.

Articles scientifiques

What were you thinking? Decision theory as coherence test

Theoretical Economics, mai 2022, vol. 17, n° 2, pp 507-519, (in coll. with L. SAMUELSON)

Learning (to disagree?) in large worlds

Journal of Economic Theory, janvier 2022, vol. 199, n° 105166, (in coll. with L. Samuelson, D. Schmeidler)

No-betting Pareto under ambiguity

Theory and Decision, juin 2022, vol. 92, pp 625-645, (in coll. with L. Samuelson)

The Complexity of the Consumer Problem

Research in Economics, juillet 2021, vol. 75, n° 1, pp 96-103, (in coll. with A. Postlewaite, D. Schmeidler)

States and Contingencies: How to Understand Savage without Anyone Being Hanged

Revue Economique, 2020, vol. 71, n° 2, pp 365-385, (in coll. with S. MINARDI, L. SAMUELSON, D. SCHMEIDLER)

Theories and Cases in Decisions under Uncertainty

Games and Economic Behavior, septembre 2020, vol. 123, pp 22-40, (in coll. with S. MINARDI, L. SAMUELSON)

Perception‐Theoretic Foundations of Weighted Utilitarianism

Economic Journal, 2 décembre 2019, vol. 129, n° 620, pp 1511-1528, (in coll. with R. ARGENZIANO)

Rational status quo

Journal of Economic Theory, 2 décembre 2019, vol. 181, pp 289-308,

What are axiomatizations good for?

Theory and Decision, 2 décembre 2019, vol. 86, n° 3-4, pp 339–359, (in coll. with A. POSTLEWAITE, L. SAMUELSON, D. SCHMEIDLER)

Decision Theory Made Relevant: Between the Software and the Shrink

Research in Economics, juin 2018, vol. 72, n° 2, pp 240-250, (in coll. with M. ROUZIOU, O. SIBONY)

Ouvrages

Chapitres d'ouvrages

Actes de conférence

A Note on the Consistency of Game Theory

Information and Meta Information

Cahiers de recherche

Cases and Scenarios in Decisions Under Uncertainty

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Foundations of Weighted Utilitarianism

Cahier de Recherche , 2017

On Deciding When to Decide

Cahier de Recherche , 2017

Precedents, Reputation, and Higher-Order Induction

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Psychophysical Foundations of the Cobb-Douglas Utility Function

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Second-Order Induction and Agreement

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Economics: Between Prediction and Criticism

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016

Memory Utility

PIER (Penn Institute for Economic Research) Working Paper , 2015

A Model of Modeling

PIER (Penn Institute for Economic Research) Working Paper , 2014

Dynamics of Inductive Inference in a Unified Model

Mimeo , 2009

Articles scientifiques

Bureaucracy in quest of feasibility

Journal of Mathematical Economics, octobre 2024, vol. 114, n° 103047, (in coll. with H. Crès, N. VIEILLE)

Economic theories and their Dueling interpretations

Journal of Economic Methodology, 2024, vol. 31, n° 4, Economi, pp 189-208, (in coll. with A. Postlewaite, L. Samuelson, D. Schmeidler)

Schumpeter Lecture 2023: Rationality and Zero Risk

Journal of the European Economic Association, février 2024, vol. 22, n° 1, pp 1-33, (in coll. with S. MINARDI, F. WANG)

Similarity Nash Equilibria in Statistical Games

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, août 2023, vol. 15, n° 3, pp 354-386, (in coll. with R. ARGENZIANO)

Ouvrages

Theory of Decision under Uncertainty

Cambridge University Press

Uncertainty in Economic Theory (Ed.)

Routledge, London

A Theory of Case-Based Decisions

Cambridge University Press (in coll. with D. Schmeidler )

Chapitres d'ouvrages

Philosophical Applications of Kolmogorov's Complexity Measure

Logic And Philosophy Of Science In Uppsala, D. Prawitz, D. Westerstahl (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 236 , 205-230

Actes de conférence

A Note on the Consistency of Game Theory

Information and Meta Information

Cahiers de recherche

Uncertainty and decision-making during a crisis: How to make policy decisions in the COVID-19 context?

IGIER_Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research, Bocconi University , 2020

Decision Theory Made Relevant: Between the Software and the Shrink

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Learning What is Similar: Precedents and Equilibrium Selection

Cahier de Recherche , 2018

Second-Order Induction: Uniqueness and Complexity

Cahier de Recherche , 2018

Formation

  • Ph.D. en Economie, Tel-Aviv University - Israël
  • M.A. in Economics, Tel-Aviv University - Israël
  • B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science, Tel-Aviv University - Israël
  • B.A. in Economics, Tel-Aviv University - Israël

Nominations académiques

Responsabilités académiques externes

  • 1992-1997 Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management

Activités scientifiques

Adhésion à l'organisation académique ou professionnelle

  • Member of the Council of the Econometric Society
  • Member of the Game Theory Society Council
  • Chair of the Berglas School of Economics
  • Head of the Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Program for Excellent Students
  • Chair of Junior Recruiting Committee
  • The Econometric Society
  • The Society for the Promotion of Economic Theory

Activités scientifiques

  • 2014- Co-Editeur, Econometrica

    • Conference organisation

  • 2021-2021 Organizer D-TEA (Decision: Theory, Experiments, and Applications) Workshop, Topic: Determinants of Utility
  • 2020-2020 Co-Organizer D-TEA (Decision: Theory, Experiments, and Applications) Workshop, Topic: Prospect Theory
  • 2019-2019 Co-Organizer D-TEA (Decision: Theory, Experiments, and Applications) Workshop, Topic: Ambiguity, and Honoring David Schmeidler's 80th Birthday
  • 2018-2018 Co-Organizer D-TEA (Decision: Theory, Experiments, and Applications) Workshop, Topic: Modes of Decision Making, and Dedicated to the memory of Herbert A. Simon
  • 2017-2017 Co-Organizer D-TEA (Decisions: Theory, Experiments and Applications) Workshop, Topic: Voting Systems, and Dedicated to the memory of Kenneth J. Arrow
  • 2016-2016 Co-Organizer D-TEA (Decisions: Theory, Experiments and Applications) Workshop, Topic: Beyond Revealed Preference
  • 2015-2015 Co-Organizer D-TEA (Decisions: Theory, Experiments and Applications) Workshop, Topic: Decisions and Finance
  • 2014-2014 Co-Organizer D-TEA (Decisions: Theory, Experiments and Applications) Workshop, Topic: Individual Rationality, Group Rationality
  • 2013-2013 Co-Organizer D-TEA (Decisions: Theory, Experiments and Applications) Workshop, Topic: Ambiguity
  • 2012-2012 Co-Organizer D-TEA (Decisions: Theory, Experiments and Applications) Workshop, Topic: Decision Processes
  • 2011-2011 Co-Organizer D-TEA (Decisions: Theory, Experiments and Applications) Workshop, Topic: Utility - Its measurement and meaning
  • 2010-2010 Co-Organizer D-TEA (Decisions: Theory, Experiments and Applications) Workshop, Topic: Group Decisions
  • 2009-2009 Co-Organizer D-TEA (Decisions: Theory, Experiments and Applications) Workshop, Topic: Uncertainty

    • Prix ​​& honneurs

    • 2014 Prix du Chercheur de l'année 2014, Fondation HEC
    • 2013 Fellow of the Society for Advancement of Economic Theory
    • 2000 Fellow of the Econometric Society
    • 1992 Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award
    • 1992 Frederic E. Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Decision Sciences
    • 1992 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship