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Robert B. Wilson
American economist and Nobel laureate · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1937 · age 89
Robert Butler "Bob" Wilson, Jr. is an American economist who is the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus at Stanford University.
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He was jointly awarded the 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, together with his Stanford colleague and former student Paul R. Milgrom, "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats". Two more of his students, Alvin E. Roth and Bengt Holmström, are also Nobel Laureates in their own right.
The same award as Robert
Lawrence KleinBoth received Fisher-Schultz Lecture
Robert Lucas Jr.Both received Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Leonid HurwiczBoth received Fisher-Schultz Lecture
Martin ChalfieBoth received Golden Goose Award
Oliver HartBoth received Fisher-Schultz Lecture
Ronald CoaseBoth received Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel