The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1975
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Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich
Prize share: 1/2
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Tjalling C. Koopmans
Prize share: 1/2
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1975 was awarded jointly to Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich and Tjalling C. Koopmans "for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources."
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