Gérard Debreu
Gérard Debreu (French: [dəbʁø]; 4 July 1921 – 31 December 2004) was a French-born economist and mathematician. Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won the 1983 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Gérard Debreu | |
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Debreu in 1977 | |
| Born | 4 July 1921 Calais, France |
| Died | 31 December 2004 (aged 83) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | University of California, Berkeley University of Chicago |
| Field | Mathematical economics |
| School or tradition | Walrasian economics |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure University of Paris |
| Doctoral students | Graciela Chichilnisky Beth E. Allen Xavier Vives Ishac Diwan |
| Influences | Léon Walras Henri Cartan Maurice Allais Bourbaki |
| Contributions | General equilibrium utility theory topological methods integration of set-valued correspondences |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (1983) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
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