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Martin Dufwenberg

Martin Dufwenberg

Distinguished Professor of Economics

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Martin Dufwenberg is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at Purdue University. He received his PhD at Uppsala University in 1995 and an Honorary Doctorate at the University of Gothenburg in 2023. His research uses game theory and experiments to incorporate insights from psychology into economic analysis. Much of his work develops and applies a formal framework called psychological game theory, which is useful for modeling, e.g., a host of emotions, reciprocity, social norms, or image concerns. His publications appeared in many scientific outlets including Econometrica, AER, Neuron, REStud, JET, GEB, and JEL. Before becoming a Boilermaker, Martin worked at universities in Tilburg, Uppsala, Stockholm, Bonn, Arizona, Gothenburg, as well as Bocconi University in Milan.

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