Which prestigious institutions did Allais attend?
Harvard University and Princeton University
Oxford University and Cambridge University
École Polytechnique and École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris
Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley
Answer
The renowned French economist and Nobel laureate, Maurice Allais, honed his intellectual prowess at two of France's most esteemed institutions: École Polytechnique and École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris. These prestigious establishments provided Allais with a rigorous education in the fields of mathematics, physics, and engineering, laying the foundation for his groundbreaking contributions to economic theory and his pioneering work on risk aversion and decision-making under uncertainty.
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