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Kim C. Border | |
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| Born | (1952-06-27)June 27, 1952 |
| Died | November 19, 2020(2020-11-19) (aged 68)[2] |
| Alma mater | [1] |
| Known for | Border's theorem |
| Children | 1 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics |
| Doctoral advisor | Marcel Kessel Richter[1] |
Kim C. Border was an Americanbehavioral economist and professor ofeconomics at theCalifornia Institute of Technology.
Border received a bachelor's degree in economics fromCaltech in 1974. Shortly after completing his Ph.D. in economics at theUniversity of Minnesota in 1979, he returned to Caltech as a faculty member, where he remained for over forty years.[2]
Border specialized indecision theory andauction design. In 1991, he proved a set of inequalities (now known asBorder's theorem) that characterize the possible allocations for a single-item auction,[3] a result that now plays a key role inthe computational design of auctions.[4] He also contributed several applications ofArrow'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]
Border died on November 19, 2020, and is survived by his son.[2]
