Peyton Young, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Peyton Young

American academic

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1945

Place of Birth: Evanston, Illinois, United States

Profession: mathematician, economist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Hobart Peyton Young (born March 9, 1945) is an American game theorist and economist known for his contributions to evolutionary game theory and its application to the study of institutional and technological change, as well as the theory of learning in games.
He is currently centennial professor at the London School of Economics, James Meade Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford, professorial fellow at Nuffield College Oxford, and research principal at the Office of Financial Research at the U.S.
Department of the Treasury. Peyton Young was named a fellow of the Econometric Society in 1995 and a fellow of the British Academy in 2007.
He served as president of the Game Theory Society from 2006-08.[1] He has published widely on learning in games, the evolution of social norms and institutions, cooperative game theory, bargaining and negotiation, taxation and cost allocation, political representation, voting procedures, and distributive justice.