Paul R. Milgrom
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Paul R. Milgrom
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020
Born: 20 April 1948, Detroit, MI, USA
Affiliation at the time of the award: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats."
Prize share: 1/2
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Nobel Prizes 2020
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Their work and discoveries range from the formation of black holes and genetic scissors to efforts to combat hunger and develop new auction formats.
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Their work and discoveries range from the formation of black holes and genetic scissors to efforts to combat hunger and develop new auction formats.
See them all presented here.
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