Oskar Morgenstern
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1902-01-24 ) January 24, 1902, Görlitz , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire
- Died
- July 26, 1977 (1977-07-26) (aged 75), Princeton, New Jersey , U.S.
- Education
- University of Vienna
- Doctoral advisor
- Ludwig von Mises
- Influences
- Othmar Spann , Carl Menger
- Discipline
- Economics
- School or tradition
- Austrian School
- Institutions
- University of Vienna , Princeton University , New York University , Mathematica Policy Research
- Doctoral students
- Martin Shubik , Lionel W. McKenzie
- Notable ideas
- Game theory , mathematical economics
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Oskar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Görlitz
- Place of death
- Princeton
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
- Employer
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
- Doctoral advisor
- Ludwig von Mises
- Field of work
- economics
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- date of birth
- 1902-01-24
- date of death
- 1977-07-26
- name in native language
- Oskar Morgenstern
- Erdős number
- 4
- member of
- Econometric Society
- ethnic group
- Germans
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- Harlem
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Encyclopedic overview
Oskar Morgenstern ( German: [ˈmɔʁɡn̩ʃtɛʁn]; January 24, 1902 – July 26, 1977) was a German-born economist. In collaboration with mathematician John von Neumann, he is credited with founding the field of game theory and its application to social sciences and strategic decision-making. He also made significant contributions to decision theory (see von Neumann–Morgenstern utility theorem).
He served as a consultant or co-founder for companies including the Market Research Corporation of America and the original Mathematica Inc.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oskar Morgenstern” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.