Diego Gambetta
Diego Gambetta | |
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| Born | 1952 Turin, Italy |
| Known for | Analytical contributions to the study of trust and research on the Sicilian Mafia |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | European University Institute, Nuffield College, University of Oxford |
| Doctoral students | Heather Hamill |
Diego Gambetta (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdjеːɡo ɡamˈbetta]; born 1952) is an Italian-born social scientist. He is a Carlo Alberto Chair at the Collegio Carlo Alberto in Turin. He is well known for his vivid and unconventional applications of economic theory and a rational choice theory approach to understanding a variety of social phenomena. He has made important analytical contributions to the concept of trust by using game theory and signalling theory.