Alexender Zimper is a Full Professor in Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Previously, he has been Research Chair in School of Economics and Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; Full Professor in Department of Economics and Econometrics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa; Lecturer B in Department of Economics, University of Leicester, UK and Senior Lecturer in School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is Associate Editor of Mathematics and Financial Economics and Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) (until 2015) and referee for several Journals like American Economic Review, American Journal of Political Science, Applied Mathematics and Computation, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, Econometrica, Economic Modeling, Economic Theory, Economics Bulletin, Economics Letters, Games and Economic Behavior, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Psychological Review, South African Journal of Economics, South African Journal of Management and Economic Sciences, Synthese, Theory and Decision.

His research interest includes various areas like Decision Theory, Game Theory, General Equilibrium Theory under Asymmetric Information, Asset Pricing, Financial Markets and Banking Regulation, Bayesian Learning under Ambiguity, Bounded Rationality.