Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2007

Leonid Hurwicz

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Prize share: 1/3

Eric S. Maskin

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Prize share: 1/3

Roger B. Myerson

© The Nobel Foundation Photo: U. Montan

Prize share: 1/3

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2007 was awarded jointly to Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory"

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