Oliver Hart
Oliver Hart · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Nobel laureate in economics (2016) for contract theory
1948, London, England, UK
United Kingdom · United States (Harvard University)
Oliver Hart is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Nobel laureate in economics (2016) for contract theory
Hart, from a British Jewish family, is an economist at Harvard who developed the theory of incomplete contracts. Because no contract can foresee every contingency, he analysed how the allocation of control and ownership rights shapes decisions, with implications for firms, privatization and corporate finance. He shared the 2016 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Nobel Prize winners in Economics
Nobel laureate in economics (2016) for contract theory
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Nobel Prize winners in Economics
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