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Itzhak Gilboa

Itzhak Gilboa is an Israeli economist who works in decision theory and developed the theory of Maxmin Expected Utility with David Schmeidler.

born 1963Maxmin Expected Utility theoryCase-based decision theoryResearch in decision theory

Occupation: economist, university teacher
Education: Yale University, Tel Aviv University, Northwestern University

Itzhak Gilboa was born in 1963 in Tel Aviv

Itzhak Gilboa was born in Tel Aviv in 1963. He is married to Professor Iva Gilboa Schechtman, a clinical psychologist and researcher at Bar-Ilan University.

He studied at Tel Aviv University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1982. He completed a master's degree in economics in 1984 and a Ph.D. in 1987, both under David Schmeidler.

In 1987 he joined the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he became a full professor in 1992. He taught at Boston University from 1997 to 1999 and joined Tel Aviv University in 1997. He has also held an appointment at HEC Paris since 2008.

His research covers decision theory and game theory, and he has written books on rational choice and decisions under uncertainty. In 2023 he moved from Tel Aviv University to Reichman University, where he heads the Tiomkin School of Economics.