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Also known as Tjalling Charles Koopmans, T. C. Koopmans

Dutch American economist (1910–1985)

Key facts

Born
( 1910-08-28 ) August 28, 1910, 's-Graveland , Netherlands
Died
February 26, 1985 (1985-02-26) (aged 74), New Haven, Connecticut , US
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)
Fields
Economics , Physics
Institutions
University of Chicago
Doctoral advisor
Hans Kramers , Jan Tinbergen
Doctoral students
Carl Christ , Stanley Reiter , Rolf Mantel [ es ] , Guillermo Calvo

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Nobel Prize

  • The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel1975

    for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Charles
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
's-Graveland
Place of death
New Haven
Occupation
physicist
Position held
chairperson
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Notable work
Koopmans' theorem
Doctoral advisor
Jan Tinbergen
Image
TjallingKoopmans1967.jpg
Residence
North Holland
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date of birth
1910-08-28
date of death
1985-02-26
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Tjalling Koopmans
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Encyclopedic overview

Tjalling Charles Koopmans (August 28, 1910 – February 26, 1985) was a Dutch-American mathematician and economist. 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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