Tjalling Koopmans
Dutch American economist (1910-1985) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 74
Tjalling Charles Koopmans was a Dutch-American mathematician and economist. He was the joint winner with Leonid Kantorovich of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the theory of the optimum allocation of resources.
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1985Died26 February 19851975Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelAward1943Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical StatisticsAward1939Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAward1910Born28 August 1910
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Koopmans showed that on the basis of certain efficiency criteria, it is possible to make important deductions concerning optimum price systems.
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Lived 1910 to 1985 · aged 74
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