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English 15 October 2007 has decided to award The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2007 jointly to Leonid Hurwicz University of Minnesota, MN, USA, Eric S. Maskin Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA and Roger B. Myerson University of Chicago, IL, USA “for having laid the foundations of…

Swedish 15 oktober 2007 har beslutat att utdela Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne år 2007 gemensamt till Leonid Hurwicz University of Minnesota, MN, USA, Eric S. Maskin Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA, och Roger B. Myerson University of Chicago, IL, USA “för att ha lagt grunden till teorin…

Your questions to Roger B. Myerson After the 2007 Nobel Prize announcements, visitors to Nobelprize.org had the possibility to submit questions to the 2007 Nobel Laureates. Here, Roger B. Myerson, answers a selection of the questions. Question: It seems that regulation theory and applied regulation in general always tries to capture and control some market…

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A scholar’s greatest asset is his or her intuition about what questions to study and with what methodology. A scientific autobiography should shed some light on how this intuition grew and developed over time. The interests that shape one’s adult life generally have deep roots in childhood. I grew up in a comfortable suburb of…

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2007 Collective decision making frequently involves voting, but voting rules are not always the same. Sometimes a consen­sus is required, sometimes a simple majority is enough and sometimes a qualified majority is required. In the sphere of economics as well – in markets and in companies – many…

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Your questions to Eric S. Maskin After the 2007 Nobel Prize announcements, visitors to Nobelprize.org had the possibility to submit questions to the 2007 Nobel Laureates. Here, Eric Maskin, answers a selection of the questions. Question: It seems that regulation theory and applied regulation in general always tries to capture and control some market inefficiency…