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Eric Maskin

American Nobel laureate in economics · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1950 · age 75

Eric Stark Maskin is an American economist and mathematician. He was jointly awarded the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory".

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2013“It’s true that my initial training was in mathematics.”In their words"Interview with Eric S. Maskin: Questions by TSE students" at tseconomist.com, 04/07/2013; In answer to the question of why he decided to

2009“How could such industries as software, semiconductors, and computers have been so innovative despite historically weak patent protection?”In their wordsBessen, James, and Eric Maskin. "Sequential innovation, patents, and imitation." The RAND Journal of Economics, 40.4 (2009): p. 611.

2007Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelAward1995“We investigate how the degree to which credit markets are centralized affects efficiency when there is asymmetric information.”In their wordsand Eric Maskin. "Credit and efficiency in centralized and decentralized economies." The Review of Economic Studies 62.4 (1995): 541-555.

1990National Medal of ScienceAward1981Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAward1980Guggenheim FellowshipAward1950Born12 December 1950

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  1. That strategic rivalry in a long-term relationship may differ from that of a one-shot game is by now quite a familiar idea.

    and Eric Maskin. "The folk theorem in repeated games with discounting or with incomplete information." Econometrica: Journal of the, Own words

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Awards

Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2007
National Medal of Science1990
Fellow of the Econometric Society1981
Guggenheim Fellowship1980
Harvard Centennial Medal
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

He is the Adams University Professor and Professor of Economics and Mathematics at Harvard University.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1950 · age 75

The same award as Eric

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