b. 1953
Larry Samuelson is an American economist and game theorist, currently the A. Douglas Melamed Professor of Economics at Yale University. He is known for foundational contributions to evolutionary game theory, learning in games, and the epistemic foundations of solution concepts, including critiques of backward induction.
Authored 'Evolutionary Games and Equilibrium Selection' (MIT Press, 1997), a foundational text in evolutionary game theory
Developed influential critiques of backward induction as a solution concept in extensive-form games
Advanced the theory of learning and adaptation in strategic interactions
Served as co-editor of Econometrica and other leading economics journals
Fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences