Oskar Morgenstern Economist

Oskar Morgenstern (January 24, 1902 – July 26, 1977) was a German-born economist. In collaboration with mathematician John von Neumann, he founded the mathematical field of game theory and its application to economics (see von Neumann–Morgenstern utility theorem).

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 24, 1902
Birth place
German Empire , Görlitz
Date of deathJuly 26, 1977
Place of death
Princeton New Jersey
Education
University of Vienna

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Economist

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Princeton University
Mathematica Policy Research
New York University
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External resources

  1. http://cess.nyu.edu/schotter/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/%E2%80%9COskar-Morgenstern%E2%80%99s-Contribution-to-the-Development-of-the-Theory-of-Games%E2%80%9D.pdf
  2. http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Morgenstern.html
  3. http://www.library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/morgenst
  4. https://archive.org/stream/theoryofgamesand030098mbp/theoryofgamesand030098mbp_djvu.txt
  5. https://mises.org/books/limits.pdf