Koopmans, Tjalling C. 1910-1985
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- Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), Apr. 22, 2008(Tjalling (Charles) Koopmans; b. Aug. 28, 1910, 's Graveland, Netherlands; d. Feb. 26, 1985, New Haven, Conn.; educator, economist, editor, and author; co-winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize in economics; came to U.S. in 1940; joined the University of Chicago's faculty in 1944 as a research associate of the Cowles Commission for Research in Economics; named professor of economics, University of Chicago, 1948; Cowles Commission moved to Yale University--and became the Cowles Foundation--in 1955; Koopmans moved too, retaining the rank of professor of economics)
- KB Web OPAC, Apr. 22, 2008(Koopmans, Tjalling C. (Tjalling Charles ; 1910-1985))
- LC data base, 11/29/84(hdg.: Koopmans, Tjalling Charles, 1910- ; usage: Tjalling C. Koopmans, Tjalling Charles Koopmans; Dr. T. Koopmans)
- His Scientific papers of Tjalling C. Koopmans, 1970-
- LC data base, 11/29/84(hdg.: Koopmans, Tjalling Charles, 1910- ; usage: Tjalling C. Koopmans, Tjalling Charles Koopmans)
Wikipedia description:
Tjalling Charles Koopmans (August 28, 1910 – February 26, 1985) 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. 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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