Kim C. Border was an American behavioral economist and professor of economics at the California Institute of Technology.
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Kim C. Border | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 27, 1952 |
| Died | November 19, 2020 (aged 68)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | [2] |
| Known for | Border's theorem |
| Children | 1 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics |
| Doctoral advisor | Marcel Kessel Richter[2] |
Career
Border received a bachelor's degree in economics from Caltech in 1974. Shortly after completing his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Minnesota in 1979, he returned to Caltech as a faculty member, where he remained for over forty years.[1]
Border specialized in decision theory and auction design. In 1991, he proved a set of inequalities (now known as Border's theorem) that characterize the possible allocations for a single-item auction,[3] a result that now plays a key role in the computational design of auctions.[4] He also contributed several applications of Arrow's impossibility theorem to economic domains.[5]
Border was also known for his teaching in subjects of mathematical economics, and for his extensive in-depth lecture notes.[6]
Personal life
Border died on November 19, 2020, and is survived by his son.[1]
Selected publications
- Border, Kim (1985). Fixed Point Theorems with Applications to Economics and Game Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511625756. ISBN 9780511625756.
- Aliprantis, Charalambos; Border, Kim (2006). Infinite Dimensional Analysis: A Hitchhiker's Guide. Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/3-540-29587-9. ISBN 9783662039625.
- Border, Kim C.; Sobel, Joel (1987). "Samurai Accountant: A Theory of Auditing and Plunder". The Review of Economic Studies. 54 (4): 525–540. doi:10.2307/2297481. JSTOR 2297481.
- Border, Kim C. (1991). "Implementation of Reduced Form Auctions: A Geometric Approach". Econometrica. 59 (4): 1178–1187. doi:10.2307/2938181. JSTOR 2938181.
References
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