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Gérard Debreu
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French economist and mathematician (1921–2004)
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- Works
- 5
Top works
- General equilibrium theory
- Economics essays
- Theory of Value (Cowles Foundation Monograph)
- Mathematical economics
- Theory of value
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Recent publications · Crossref
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Quotes
- “L. Walras first formulated the state of the economic system at any point of time as the solution of a system of simultaneous equations representing the demand for goods by consumers, the supply of goods by producers and the equilibrium condition that supply equal demand on every market.”
- “Perhaps as important is the relation between the existence of solutions to a competitive equilibrium and the problems of normative or .”
- “I had become interested in economics, an interest that was transformed into a lifetime dedication when I met with the mathematical theory of general economic equilibrium.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1921-07-04 ) 4 July 1921, Calais , France
- Died
- 31 December 2004 (2004-12-31) (aged 83), Paris , France
- Alma mater
- École Normale Supérieure , University of Paris
- Influences
- Léon Walras , Henri Cartan , Maurice Allais , Bourbaki
- Discipline
- Mathematical economics
- School or tradition
- Walrasian economics
- Institutions
- University of California, Berkeley , University of Chicago
- Doctoral students
- Graciela Chichilnisky , Beth E. Allen , Xavier Vives , Ishac Diwan
- Notable ideas
- General equilibrium , utility theory , topological methods , integration of set-valued correspondences
- Awards
- Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (1983)
- Website
- Information at IDEAS / RePEc
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Nobel Prize
- The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel1983
“for having incorporated new analytical methods into economic theory and for his rigorous reformulation of the theory of general equilibrium”
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Calais
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- president
- Educated at
- École Normale Supérieure
- Employer
- Yale University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Maurice Allais
- Field of work
- economics
- Image
- Debreu, Gérard (1921-2004).jpeg
- Residence
- United States
- Significant event
- funeral
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- Commons category
- Gérard Debreu
- date of birth
- 1921-07-04
- date of death
- 2004-12-31
- member of
- Econometric Society
- Erdős number
- 3
- name in native language
- Gerard Debreu
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- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
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- interested in
- economics
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Encyclopedic overview
Gérard Debreu ( French: [dəbʁø]; 4 July 1921 – 31 December 2004) was a French-born economist and mathematician. Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won the 1983 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Biography
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