Economics and Psychology

Economics and Psychology

Economics
Hebrew University’s expertise in economics is internationally recognized.

• Nobel Prize in Economics recipients:
  2005 - Professor Robert J. Aumann for Game Theory Analysis (joint winner)
  2002 - Professor Daniel Kahnerman for Behavioral Economics

• The 2007 Israel Prize awarded to Professor Nissan Levitan, for his contributions in strengthening Israel's economic policy

• HU is home to the first researcher to deal with the economics of environmental quality

Psychology

• Determined that teenagers' values may determine their participation in violent behavior at school
• Produced studies finding that exposure to a national flag moderates political views
  

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