
Leonid Hurwicz
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 16 years ago |
Date of birth | August 21,1917 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Date of died | June 24,2008 |
Died | Minneapolis |
Minnesota | |
United States | |
Influenced by | Friedrich Hayek |
Tjalling Koopmans | |
Léon Walras | |
Jacob Marschak | |
George Dantzig | |
Job | Professor |
Scientist | |
Economist | |
Awards | National Medal of Science for Behavioral and Social Science |
Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, US & Canada | |
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences | |
Doctor student | Clifford Hildreth |
Stanley Reiter | |
Daniel McFadden | |
Richard B. McHugh | |
Leigh Tesfatsion | |
Myrna Wooders | |
Education | University of Warsaw |
Harvard University | |
Nationality | American |
Polish | |
Born | Moscow |
Russia | |
Books | Books |
Designing Economic Mechanisms | |
Preferences, Uncertainty, And Optimality: Essays In Honor Of Leonid Hurwicz | |
Influence | Tjalling Koopmans |
Friedrich Hayek | |
Jacob Marschak | |
George Dantzig | |
Masahiko Aoki | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 476190 |
Leonid Hurwicz Life story
Leonid Hurwicz was a Polish-American economist and mathematician, known for his work in game theory and mechanism design. He originated the concept of incentive compatibility, and showed how desired outcomes can be achieved by using incentive compatible mechanism design.