Editing Colin Camerer (section)

==Background==
A former [[child prodigy]], Camerer received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in quantitative studies from [[Johns Hopkins University]] in 1976 (at age 16), followed by an [[M.B.A.]] in [[finance]] from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1979 and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in behavioral [[decision theory]] from that same institution in 1981 (at age 21) for thesis titled ''The Validity and Utility of Expert Judgment'' under the supervision of [[Hillel Einhorn]] and [[Robin M. Hogarth|Robin Hogarth]].<ref name=chicago/><ref name=cv/>  Camerer worked at [[Kellogg School of Management|Kellogg]], [[Wharton Business School|Wharton]], and the University of Chicago [[Booth School of Business]] before moving to Caltech in 1994.

Camerer's research is on the interface between [[cognitive psychology]] and [[economics]].  This work seeks a better understanding of the [[psychology|psychological]] and [[neurobiology|neurobiological]] basis of decision-making in order to determine the validity of models of human economic behavior. His research uses mostly economics experiments—and occasionally field studies—to understand how people behave when making decisions (e.g., risky gambles for money), in games, and in markets (e.g., speculative price bubbles).

He spoke at the Econometric Society World Congress in London on August 20, 2005, and at the Nobel Centennial Symposium in 2001 on Behavioral and Experimental Economics.

He is the author of "Behavioral Game Theory" published by [[Princeton University Press]] in 2003.

During the late 1990s and until mid-2008, Camerer began instructing college courses in fields such as Cognitive Psychology, Microeconomic Theory, Behavioral Economics, and Organizational Design. These courses were held at a variety of different universities, including the aforementioned California Institute of Technology and additionally [[New York University]].<ref name="Colin Camerer"/>

In September 2013, Camerer was named a [[MacArthur fellow]].<ref name=nyt/>