David Marc "Dave" Kreps (born 1950 in

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) is a game theorist and

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and professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University (since 1980). The Stanford University Department of Economics appointed Kreps the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management. He is known for his analysis of dynamic choice models and non-cooperative game theory, particularly the idea of sequential equilibrium, which he developed with Stanford Business School colleague Robert B. Wilson. He earned his A.B. from

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in 1972 and his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1975. Kreps won the

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in 1989. He was awarded an honorary Ph.D. by the

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in 2001. With colleagues

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and Robert B. Wilson, he was awarded the 2018 John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2018, Kreps was awarded the

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. He has also written many books, including ''Microeconomics for Managers'', ''A Course in Microeconomic Theory'', and ''Game Theory and Economic Modeling''.

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David M. Kreps' home page at Stanford University
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