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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Nobel Prize for their pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games
  • 1994 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for their pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games.
  • 1994 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
  • 1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

John C. Harsanyi was affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research focused primarily on psychology, with a specialization in developmental and educational psychology. One notable area of study covered by their work included educational games and gamification.

Throughout their career, Harsanyi collaborated frequently with other researchers. Among the notable coauthors were William R. Lewis, Lawrence Klein, Kenneth J. Arrow, Paul A. Samuelson, and Milton Friedman.

Harsanyi's scholarly contributions included publications with The MIT Press. One example is the book titled Lives of the Laureates, published in 2020.

Awards received during their lifetime include several honors in 1994, such as the Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for pioneering analysis of equilibria in non-cooperative game theory and the Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association. Additionally, they were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1994 for work on equilibria in non-cooperative games. Earlier, in 1992, they were made a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

  • William R. Lewis
  • Lawrence Klein
  • Kenneth J. Arrow
  • Paul A. Samuelson
  • Milton Friedman

  • Educational Games and Gamification

  • Psychology

  • Developmental and Educational Psychology

Best Publications

  • Games with Incomplete Information Played by Bayesian Players, I-III

    John C. Harsanyi

  • A general theory of equilibrium selection in games

    John C. Harsanyi;Reinhard Selten

  • Cardinal Welfare, Individualistic Ethics, and Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility

    John C. Harsanyi

  • Cardinal Welfare, Individualistic Ethics, and Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility

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  • Games with Incomplete Information Played by “Bayesian” Players, I–III Part I. The Basic Model

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  • Games with Incomplete Information Played by 'Bayesian' Players, Part III. The Basic Probability Distribution of the Game

    John C. Harsanyi

  • A General Theory of Equilibrium Selection in Games.

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  • Games with Incomplete Information Played by “Bayesian” Players Part II. Bayesian Equilibrium Points

    John C. Harsanyi

  • Games with randomly disturbed payoffs: A new rationale for mixed-strategy equilibrium points

    John C. Harsanyi

  • Can the Maximin Principle Serve as a Basis for Morality? A Critique of John Rawls’s Theory

    John C. Harsanyi

  • Cardinal Utility in Welfare Economics and in the Theory of Risk-taking

    John C. Harsanyi

  • A generalized Nash solution for two-person bargaining games with incomplete information

    John C. Harsanyi;Reinhard Selten

  • Morality and the Theory of Rational Behavior

    John Harsanyi

  • Rational behavior and bargaining equilibrium in games and social situations: Frontmatter

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  • Can the Maximin Principle Serve as a Basis for Morality? A Critique of John Rawls's Theory

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  • A Simplified Bargaining Model for the n-Person Cooperative Game

    John C. Harsanyi

  • Approaches to the Bargaining Problem before and after the Theory of Games: A Critical Discussion of Zeuthen’s, Hicks’, and Nash’s Theories

    John C. Harsanyi

  • A bargaining model for the cooperative n-person game

    John C. Harsanyi

  • A Simplified Bargaining Model for the n-Person Cooperative Game

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  • Oddness of the number of equilibrium points: A new proof

    John C. Harsanyi

  • An Equilibrium-Point Interpretation of Stable Sets and a Proposed Alternative Definition

    John C. Harsanyi

  • Measurement of social power, opportunity costs, and the theory of two-person bargaining games.

    John C. Harsanyi

  • Essays on ethics, social behavior, and scientific explanation

    John C. Harsanyi

  • Bayesian Decision Theory and Utilitarian Ethics

    John C Harsanyi

  • Rule utilitarianism, rights, obligations and the theory of rational behavior

    John C. Harsanyi

  • The tracing procedure: A Bayesian approach to defining a solution forn-person noncooperative games

    John C. Harsanyi;John C. Harsanyi

  • A General Theory of Equilibrium Selection in Games.

    Robert Sugden;John C. Harsanyi;Reinhard Selten

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhard Selten
Reinhard Selten University of Bonn
Jörgen W. Weibull
Jörgen W. Weibull Stockholm School of Economics
Eric van Damme
Eric van Damme Tilburg University
Robert J. Aumann
Robert J. Aumann Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Robert Sugden
Robert Sugden University of East Anglia

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