Economic Sciences
Paul R. Milgrom – Interview
Interview
Interview, March 2021 Paul R. Milgrom outside his home in Palo Alto. Photo credit: Andrew Brodhead/Stanford News Service “Don’t waste your time with things that aren’t going to matter” On 10 March 2021 nobelprize.org spoke to Paul R. Milgrom via zoom on how his life has changed since the announcements in October, what unique item…
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Interview
Interview, February 2021 Robert B. Wilson with his Prize medal and diploma. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Elena Zhukova “I encourage young people to just have a little bit of curiosity” Nobelprize.org spoke to economist Robert Wilson on 3 February 2021 about teaching future laureates, collaborating with fellow laureate Paul Milgrom and dealing with failure.…
morePrize announcement
Prize announcement
https://www.youtube.com/embed/XIl-OBg1jmg Announcement of the 2020 Prize in Economic Sciences by Professor Göran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 12 October 2020. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZctoTG27Fhw “This prize is about avoiding the winner’s curse” Immediately after the announcement, Tommy Andersson, member of the committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences, was interviewed by…
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Popular information
The Prize in Economic Sciences 2020 Every day, auctions distribute astronomical values between buyers and sellers. This year’s Laureates, Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, have improved auction theory and invented new auction formats, benefitting sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world. The quest for the perfect auction Auctions have a long history. In Ancient Rome,…
morePressmeddelande: Ekonomipriset 2020
Press release
Swedish 12 oktober 2020 har beslutat utdela Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne 2020 till Paul R. Milgrom Stanford University, USA Robert B. Wilson Stanford University, USA ”för förbättringar av auktionsteorin och uppfinningar av nya auktionsformat” Deras grundforskning förbättrar auktioner i praktiken Årets ekonomipristagare, Paul Milgrom och Robert Wilson, har…
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Press release
English 12 October 2020 has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 to Paul R. Milgrom Stanford University, USA Robert B. Wilson Stanford University, USA “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats” Their theoretical discoveries have improved auctions in practice This…
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