The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2007
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Leonid Hurwicz
Prize share: 1/3
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Eric S. Maskin
Prize share: 1/3
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Roger B. Myerson
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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