Oskar Morgenstern

Oskar Morgenstern
Born(1902-01-24)January 24, 1902
DiedJuly 26, 1977(1977-07-26) (aged 75)
Citizenship
  • German
  • Austrian (from 1925)
  • American (from 1944)
EducationUniversity of Vienna
Academic career
FieldEconomics
InstitutionPrinceton University
New York University
Mathematica Policy Research
School or
tradition
Austrian School
Doctoral
advisor
Ludwig von Mises
Doctoral
students
Martin Shubik
Lionel W. McKenzie
InfluencesOthmar Spann
Carl Menger
ContributionsGame theory, mathematical economics

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 as applied to the social sciences and strategic decision-making[1][2][3][4] and made major contributions to decision theory (see von Neumann–Morgenstern utility theorem).

Companies he served as founder/co-founder of included Market Research Corporation of America, Mathematica and Mathematica Policy Research.

  1. ^ Schotter, Andrew (1992). "Oskar Morgenstern's Contribution to the Development of the Theory of Games". In Weintraub, E. Roy (ed.). Toward a History of Game Theory. Durham: Duke University Press. pp. 95–112. ISBN 0-8223-1253-0.
  2. ^ Leonard, Robert (2010). Von Neumann, Morgenstern and the Creation of Game Theory. New York: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511778278. ISBN 978-0-521-56266-9.
  3. ^ Kuhn, H.W.; Tucker, A.W. (1958). "John von Neumann's work in the theory of games and mathematical economics". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 64 (Part 2) (3): 100–122. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.320.2987. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1958-10209-8. MR 0096572.
  4. ^ von Neumann, J (1928). "Zur Theorie der Gesellschaftsspiele". Mathematische Annalen (in German). 100: 295–320. doi:10.1007/bf01448847. S2CID 122961988.

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