Thomas Schelling - Definition and Overview

Thomas Schelling

Thomas Crombie Schelling (born 1921) is an American economist and Emeritus Professor of Economics at Harvard University.

Schelling's book, The Strategy of Conflict (Harvard University Press, 1960), has pioneered the study of bargaining and strategic behavior, and was considered one of the hundred books that have been most influential in the West since 1945.

Schelling has been involved in the global warming debate. Arguing that the problem has been largely overstated, he has been part of the Copenhagen Consensus as one of the leading experts.

External links

• Schelling's homepage at Maryland's School of Public Affairs (http://www.puaf.umd.edu/faculty/facultystaff/schelling.html).
• Laudatio (on Schelling) (http://web.eur.nl/diesnatalis/2003/schelling/laudatio/), by Maarten C.W. Janssen.
• Disinfopedia article on Schelling (http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Thomas_Schelling).