The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Elena Zhukova
Paul R. Milgrom
Prize share: 1/2
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Elena Zhukova
Robert B. Wilson
Prize share: 1/2
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 was awarded jointly to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats"
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