Tjalling C. Koopmans | |
|---|---|
 Koopmans in 1967 | |
| Born | August 28, 1910 |
| Died | February 26, 1985 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | Dutch, American |
| Alma mater | University of Utrecht University of Leiden |
| Known for | Transport economics Hitchcock–Koopmans transportation problem Ramsey–Cass–Koopmans model Koopmans' theorem |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1975) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics, Physics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans Kramers Jan Tinbergen |
| Doctoral students | Carl Christ Stanley Reiter Rolf Mantel Guillermo Calvo |
Tjalling Charles Koopmans (August 28, 1910 – February 26, 1985) was a Dutch-American mathematician and economist.[1][2] 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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