Elisha Pazner

{{Short description|Former Israeli economist and game theorist}}

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{{Infobox economist

| name = Elisha Pazner

| native_name = אלישע פזנר

| native_name_lang = he

| birth_date = {{birth date |1941|04|16}}

| birth_place = Geneva, Switzerland

| death_date = {{death date and age |1979|03|28 |1941|04|16}}

| death_place = Jerusalem, Israel

| discipline = Economics

| workplaces = Tel Aviv University
Northwestern University

| known_for = Egalitarian equivalence

}}

Elisha Aryeh Pazner (Hebrew: אלישע פזנר; April 16, 1941 – March 28, 1979) was an Israeli economic- and game theorist{{cite web | title=Elisha Pazner (1941 - 1979) | website=The Eitan Berglas School of Economics | date=1 December 1979 | url=https://en-econ.tau.ac.il/about/pazner | access-date=12 December 2017}} with important contributions in the theory of welfare economics and fair division.

He was a member of the Department of Economics at Tel-Aviv University from 1971 until his death. During this time he spent over two years as a visiting professor at Northwestern University.

He received [https://en-econ.tau.ac.il/sites/economy_en.tau.ac.il/files/media_server/Economics/PDF/Pazner-cv.pdf CV] his B.A., Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1966), and his M.A. and PhD from Harvard University (1969 and 1971 respectively). His Dissertation, "Optimal Resource Allocation and Distribution: The Role of the Public Sector", was under the direction of Richard Musgrave and Stephen Marglin.