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Eric Maskin
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American Nobel laureate in economics
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Eric Maskin is an American economist and researcher born in New York City in 1950. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University and has worked at Princeton University, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Santa Fe Institute. His doctoral advisor was Kenneth Arrow. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the British Academy, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Econometric Society.
Maskin received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, the National Medal of Science, and fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is recognized in the Nobel Economics, American Academy Arts Sciences, and National Medal Of Science collections. His notable works include *A Walrasian theory of money and barter*, *Incentives, information, and organizational form*, *Markov perfect equilibrium*, *Implementation and renegotiation*, and *Efficient auctions*. He has also supervised doctoral students such as Jean Tirole, Drew Fudenberg, Robert Ward Vishny, and Mathias Dewatripont.
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- Works
- 29
Top works
- A Walrasian theory of money and barter
- Incentives, information, and organizational form
- Markov perfect equilibrium
- Implementation and renegotiation
- Efficient auctions
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1950-12-12 ) December 12, 1950 (age 75) , New York City, U.S.
- Education
- Harvard University ( BA , MA , PhD )
- Thesis
- Social choice on restricted domains (1976)
- Doctoral advisor
- Kenneth Arrow
- Discipline
- Game theory
- Institutions
- Harvard University , Institute for Advanced Study , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Princeton University , University of Cambridge
- Doctoral students
- See list Abhijit Banerjee Michael Kremer Robert W. Vishny
- Notable ideas
- Mechanism design
- Awards
- Nobel Memorial Prize (2007)
- Website
- Information at IDEAS / RePEc
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Nobel Prize
- The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2007
“for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory”
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eric
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- researcher
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Kenneth Arrow
- Field of work
- economics
- Image
- 05N3441 emaskin.jpg
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- Eric Maskin
- date of birth
- 1950-12-12
- member of
- Econometric Society
- Erdős number
- 2
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- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- economics
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Encyclopedic overview
Eric Stark Maskin (born December 12, 1950) is an American economist and mathematician. He was jointly awarded the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory". He is the Adams University Professor and Professor of Economics and Mathematics at Harvard University.
Until 2011, he was the Albert O. Hirschman Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, and a visiting lecturer with the rank of professor at Princeton University.
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