JOHN CHARLES HARSANYI
John C. Harsanyi
Born May 29, 1920
Budapest, Hungary
Died August 9, 2000
Berkeley, California, US
Residence U.S.
Nationality Hungarian
Field Economics
Institutions University of California, Berkeley
Alma mater Stanford University
University of Budapest
Academic advisor Kenneth Arrow
Known for Bayesian games
Utilitarian ethics
Equilibrium selection
Notable prizes Nobel Prize in Economics (1994)
John Charles Harsanyi (born May 29, 1920 in
Budapest, Hungary; died August 9, 2000 in Berkeley, California, United States)
was a Hungarian-Australian-American economist and Nobel Memorial Prize in
Economics winner.
He is best known for his contributions to the study of game theory and its
application to economics, specifically for his developing the highly innovative
analysis of games of incomplete information, so-called Bayesian games. He also
made important contributions to the use of game theory and economic reasoning in
political and moral philosophy (specifically utilitarian ethics)as well as
contributing to the study of equilibrium selection. For his work, he was a co-recipient
along with John Nash and Reinhard Selten of the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in
John C. Harsanyi
Born May 29, 1920
Budapest, Hungary
Died August 9, 2000
Berkeley, California, US
Residence U.S.
Nationality Hungarian
Field Economics
Institutions University of California, Berkeley
Alma mater Stanford University
University of Budapest
Academic advisor Kenneth Arrow
Known for Bayesian games
Utilitarian ethics
Equilibrium selection
Notable prizes Nobel Prize in Economics (1994)
John Charles Harsanyi (born May 29, 1920 in
Budapest, Hungary; died August 9, 2000 in Berkeley, California, United States)
was a Hungarian-Australian-American economist and Nobel Memorial Prize in
Economics winner.
He is best known for his contributions to the study of game theory and its
application to economics, specifically for his developing the highly innovative
analysis of games of incomplete information, so-called Bayesian games. He also
made important contributions to the use of game theory and economic reasoning in
political and moral philosophy (specifically utilitarian ethics)as well as
contributing to the study of equilibrium selection. For his work, he was a co-recipient
along with John Nash and Reinhard Selten of the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in