Oscar Morgenstern ( German: Oskar Morgenstern ; January 24, 1902 , Goerlitz, Germany - July 26, 1977 , Princeton ) is an American economist of German descent, one of the creators of game theory .
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| Date of Birth | January 24, 1902 |
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| Date of death | July 26, 1977 (aged 75) |
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| Scientific field | economy |
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| Awards and prizes | Honorary Doctor [d] [d] [d] |
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Biography
He studied at the University of Vienna. Doctor of the University of Vienna (1925). In 1928-1938, a professor at the University of Vienna. Director of the Austrian Institute for the Study of Business Cycles (1931-1938). In 1938, during the Anschluss of Austria, he was at Princeton University and decided to stay in the United States. He taught at Princeton University until 1970.
He was a member of the Vienna Circle . A close friend of Kurt Godel . U.S. citizen since 1944. He was married to Dorothy Young (1946).
Major works
- Neumann J. von , Morgenstern O. Game theory and economic behavior . - M .: Nauka , 1970 ( English Theory of Games and Economic Behavior , 1944).
- Morgenstern O. On the accuracy of economic and statistical observations. - M., Statistics, 1968 ( English On the accuracy of economic observations , 1950).
- Granger C. , Morgenstern O. Stock Market Predictability ( English Predictubilily of Stock Market Prices , 1970).
Literature
- Blaug M. Morgenstern, Oscar // 100 great economists after Keynes = Great Economists since Keynes: An introduction to the lives & works of one hundred great economists of the past. - SPb. : Economics, 2009 .-- S. 183-186. - 384 p. - (Library of the Economic School, vol. 42). - 1,500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-903816-03-3 .
- Morgenstern Oscar // Moesia - Morshansk. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1974. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. Ed. A. M. Prokhorov ; 1969-1978, vol. 16).
- Oskar Morgenstern (English) . - article from Encyclopædia Britannica Online . Date of treatment June 9, 2014.
Notes
- ↑ Morgenstern Oscar // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ed. A. M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1969.
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118584065 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.