Shlomo Weber | |
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Born |
Russia |
2 September 1949
Nationality | US |
Institution | New Economic School |
Field | Game theory, political economy and public economics, diversity |
Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Awards | Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize for Outstanding Foreign Scientists |
Shlomo Weber (born 2 September 1949) is an economics professor and Rector, New Economic School in Moscow, Russia; Academic Director, Center for Study of Diversity and Social Interactions, New Economic School, Moscow; Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Trustee Professor of Economics Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University.
His main research interests are diversity, game theory and political economy, though also public economics and economy of the former USSR, of Eastern Europe and Central Asia have been noted.
Weber earned a degree of Master of Science in mathematics from the Moscow State University in 1971. Eight years later at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, he became a Doctor of Philosophy in mathematical economics. He is a professor in economics, since 1993 affiliated with the Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas, U.S. and has Canadian and American citizenships.
Weber's teaching experience includes political economy, microeconomic theory, welfare economics, industrial organization, microfoundations of macroeconomics, principles of economics, price theory, public choice, public economics, game theory, social choice, advanced economic analysis, mathematical analysis for economists, operations research.