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Also known as Thomas Crombie Schelling, Thomas C. Schelling

American economist (1921-2016)

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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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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Oakland
Place of death
Bethesda
Position held
president
Languages spoken
English language
Doctoral advisor
Wassily Leontief
Doctoral student
Gustav Ranis
Field of work
nuclear warfare
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Thomas Schelling
date of birth
1921-04-14
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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