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Economics & Business

David Schmeidler

Who

David Schmeidler · Economics & Business

What

Economist

When

1939, Kraków, Poland — 2022

Where

Poland · Israel · United States

Biography

David Schmeidler is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Economist

How & why

David Schmeidler was a Polish-born Israeli economist and mathematician who reshaped decision theory under uncertainty, introducing Choquet expected utility and, with Itzhak Gilboa, maxmin expected utility and case-based decision theory. He was a Jewish Israeli, long at Tel Aviv University and Ohio State. His models are central to the economics of ambiguity.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists

Contributions & Sources

Economist

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists