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Sterling Professor Emeritus of Economics

Professor Scarf has been a member of the Yale faculty since 1963. His research interests are in mathematical economics, cooperative game theory, applied general equilibrium analysis, and indivisibilities in production. Professor Scarf began his career at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, California, and was on the faculty of Stanford University before coming to Yale. He was president of the Econometric Society in 1983. Professor Scarf has served as director of the Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, and director of the Division of Social Sciences at Yale. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the American Philosophical Society, and a distinguished fellow of the American Economic Association.

Achievements and Awards
Fellows Award, INFORMS, 2002
Member, American Philosophical Society, 1993
Distinguished Fellow, American Economic Association, 1991
Director, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics at Yale University, 1967-1971, 1981-1984
Director, Social Sciences Division of Yale University, 1971-1972, 1973-1974
von Neumann Medal, Operations Research Society of America, 1983
L.H.D., honoris causa, University of Chicago, 1978
Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1976
Lanchester Prize, Operations Research Society of America, 1974
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1971
Senior Faculty Fellowship, Ford Foundation, 1969-1970
Fellow, Econometric Society, 1963
Proctor Fellow, Princeton University, 1953
Fellow, National Science Foundation, Princeton University, 1952-1953
J.S.K. Fellow, Princeton University, 1952
In first l0, Putnam Mathematics Tournament, 1950
First Place, Temple University Mathematics Tournament (Pennsylvania statewide tournament for high school students), 1947

Selected Articles
"Neighborhood Complexes and Generating Functions for Affine Semigroups" (with K.M. Woods), CFDP 1458, April 2004.

"Two New Proofs of Afriat's Theorem" (with A. Fostel and  M.J. Todd), Economic Theory, Vol. 24, 211-219, 2004

"Uniqueness of Equilibrium in the Multi-Country Ricardo Model" (with Charles A. Wilson), Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper, CFDP 1431, 2003

"Inventory Theory," Operations Research, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2002

"Optimal Inventory Policies When Sales Are Discretionary," Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper, CFDP 1270, 2000

"How to Compute Equilibrium Prices in 1891" (with W. C. Brainard), Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper, CFDP 1272, 2000

Education
PhD Princeton University, 1954
MA Princeton University, 1952
AB Temple University, 1951