John Harsanyi

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Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences economist game theorist human

John Harsanyi was a Hungarian-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to game theory and welfare economics, particularly his work on modeling rational behavior and social choice under uncertainty.

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instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences ⓘ economist ⓘ game theorist ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ surface form: Nobel Prize in Economics 1994
birthName	Harsányi János NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship	Hungary ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Hungary ⓘ
countryOfDeath	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1920-05-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2000-08-09 ⓘ
degree	PhD in economics ⓘ
educatedAt	Pázmány Péter University ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ University of Budapest ⓘ
employer	Australian National University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Hungarian ⓘ
familyName	John Harsanyi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Harsanyi
fieldOfWork	economics ⓘ game theory ⓘ social choice theory ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
influenced	modern game theory ⓘ social choice theory ⓘ theory of mechanism design ⓘ
influencedBy	John von Neumann ⓘ Oskar Morgenstern ⓘ
knownFor	Bayesian games ⓘ Harsanyi transformation ⓘ analysis of games with incomplete information ⓘ axiomatic foundations of expected utility ⓘ contributions to welfare economics ⓘ rational behavior under uncertainty ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ
movement	Bayesian game theory ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation	for pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games ⓘ
notableWork	Bayesian games ⓘ surface form: foundations of game theory with incomplete information theory of games with incomplete information ⓘ utilitarianism and cardinal welfare ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Budapest ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Berkeley, California, United States ⓘ surface form: Berkeley, California
positionHeld	professor of economics ⓘ
researchInterest	bargaining theory ⓘ ethics and utilitarianism ⓘ non-cooperative games ⓘ
residence	Berkeley, California, United States ⓘ surface form: Berkeley, California
sharesNobelPrizeWith	John Nash ⓘ surface form: John F. Nash Jr. Reinhard Selten ⓘ

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“Extensive Games and the Problem of Information” → citedBy → John Harsanyi ⓘ

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“Classics in Game Theory” (editor) → hasContributor → John Harsanyi ⓘ

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