John Harsanyi
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John Harsanyi was a Hungarian-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to game theory and welfare economics, particularly his work on modeling rational behavior and social choice under uncertainty.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Harsanyi canonical | 5 |
| John C. Harsanyi | 2 |
| Harsanyi | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Harsanyi Context triple: [preference utilitarianism, associatedWith, John Harsanyi]
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A.
Oskar Morgenstern
Oskar Morgenstern was an Austrian-American economist best known as the co-founder of game theory through his seminal work "Theory of Games and Economic Behavior" with John von Neumann.
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B.
Reinhard Selten
Reinhard Selten was a German economist and game theorist, Nobel laureate, and pioneer of bounded rationality and equilibrium refinement concepts in game theory.
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C.
Kenneth Arrow
Kenneth Arrow was a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his foundational contributions to social choice theory and general equilibrium economics.
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D.
Harold W. Kuhn
Harold W. Kuhn was an American mathematician and game theorist best known for his work on nonlinear programming and the Kuhn–Tucker conditions.
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E.
Herbert Scarf
Herbert Scarf was an influential American economist and mathematician known for his work on general equilibrium theory, fixed-point theorems, and integer programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Harsanyi Target entity description: John Harsanyi was a Hungarian-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational contributions to game theory and welfare economics, particularly his work on modeling rational behavior and social choice under uncertainty.
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A.
Oskar Morgenstern
Oskar Morgenstern was an Austrian-American economist best known as the co-founder of game theory through his seminal work "Theory of Games and Economic Behavior" with John von Neumann.
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B.
Reinhard Selten
Reinhard Selten was a German economist and game theorist, Nobel laureate, and pioneer of bounded rationality and equilibrium refinement concepts in game theory.
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C.
Kenneth Arrow
Kenneth Arrow was a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his foundational contributions to social choice theory and general equilibrium economics.
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D.
Harold W. Kuhn
Harold W. Kuhn was an American mathematician and game theorist best known for his work on nonlinear programming and the Kuhn–Tucker conditions.
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E.
Herbert Scarf
Herbert Scarf was an influential American economist and mathematician known for his work on general equilibrium theory, fixed-point theorems, and integer programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences
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economist ⓘ game theorist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Economics 1994 ⓘ
linked to:
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
|
| birthName | Harsányi János ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Hungary
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Hungary ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-05-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2000-08-09 ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in economics ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Pázmány Péter University
ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ University of Budapest ⓘ |
| employer |
Australian National University
ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Hungarian ⓘ |
| familyName |
Harsanyi
ⓘ
linked to:
John Harsanyi
|
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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game theory ⓘ social choice theory ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern game theory
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social choice theory ⓘ theory of mechanism design ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John von Neumann
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Oskar Morgenstern ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bayesian games
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Harsanyi transformation ⓘ analysis of games with incomplete information ⓘ axiomatic foundations of expected utility ⓘ contributions to welfare economics ⓘ rational behavior under uncertainty ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Hungarian ⓘ |
| movement | Bayesian game theory ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games ⓘ |
| notableWork |
foundations of game theory with incomplete information
ⓘ
linked to:
Bayesian games
theory of games with incomplete information ⓘ utilitarianism and cardinal welfare ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Berkeley, California
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linked to:
Berkeley, California, United States
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| positionHeld | professor of economics ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
bargaining theory
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ethics and utilitarianism ⓘ non-cooperative games ⓘ |
| residence |
Berkeley, California
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linked to:
Berkeley, California, United States
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| sharesNobelPrizeWith |
John F. Nash Jr.
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linked to:
John Nash
Reinhard Selten ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
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subject linked to:
“Extensive Games and the Problem of Information”
linked to: John Harsanyi
subject linked to:
“Classics in Game Theory” (editor)
linked to: John Harsanyi
linked to: John Harsanyi