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Thomas Schelling
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American economist (1921-2016)
Thomas Schelling was an American economist who developed influential theories about conflict, negotiation, and strategic decision-making, particularly in the context of the Cold War. His work on how adversaries can communicate and reach agreements despite conflicting interests has had lasting impact on economics, international relations, and policy-making.
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- The Strategy of Conflict in Governance
- National Income Behavior
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Nobel Prize
- The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2005
“for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis”
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oakland
- Place of death
- Bethesda
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- president
- Employer
- University of Maryland
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Wassily Leontief
- Doctoral student
- Gustav Ranis
- Field of work
- nuclear warfare
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- Thomas Schelling .png
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- Thomas Schelling
- date of birth
- 1921-04-14
- member of
- Econometric Society
- date of death
- 2016-12-13
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- name in native language
- Thomas Crombie Schelling
- interested in
- economics
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Crombie Schelling (April 14, 1921 – December 13, 2016) was an American economist and professor of foreign policy, national security, nuclear strategy, and arms control at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was also co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute.
Schelling was awarded the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Robert Aumann) for "having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis."
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