Mathematician:Oskar Morgenstern

Mathematician

German-born economist notable for founding the field of game theory in collaboration with John von Neumann, and applying it to economics.

Nationality

German

History

• Born: January 24, 1902 in Görlitz, German Empire
• Died: July 26, 1977 in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.

Theorems and Definitions

• Von Neumann-Morgenstern Utility Theorem (with John von Neumann)

Results named for Oskar Morgenstern can be found here.

Publications

• 1944: Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour (with John von Neumann)
  • 1947: Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour, 2nd ed. (with John von Neumann)

• 1950: On the Accuracy of Economic Observations
  • 1963: On the Accuracy of Economic Observations, 2nd ed.

• 1956: A Generalization of the von Neumann Model of an Expanding Economy (Econometrica Vol. 24: pp. 115 – 135) (with John G. Kemeny and Gerald L. Thompson)  www.jstor.org/stable/1905746
• 1969: Foreword to 1970: Morton D. Davis: Game Theory
• 1970: Predictability of stock market prices (with Clive W.J. Granger)
• December 1972: Thirteen Critical Points in Contemporary Economic Theory: An Interpretation (Journal of Economic Literature Vol. 10, no. 4: p. 1184)  www.jstor.org/stable/2721542
• 1976: Mathematical Theory of Expanding and Contracting Economies (with Gerald L. Thompson)
• 1976: The Collaboration between Oskar Morgenstern and John von Neumann on the Theory of Games (Journal of Economic Literature Vol. 14: pp. 805 – 816)  www.jstor.org/stable/2722628

Sources

• 1983: Morton D. Davis: Game Theory (revised ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Author's Introduction