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What field did Harsanyi receive his Nobel Prize for?

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John Harsanyi was an American-Hungarian economist who received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994 for his work on game theory. He is best known for his development of the Nash equilibrium, which is a concept in game theory that describes a situation in which no player can improve their payoff by unilaterally changing their strategy.
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