William Vickrey
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William Spencer Vickrey was a Canadian-American economist. He was a lifelong faculty member at Columbia University. A theorist who worked on public economics and mechanism design, Vickrey primarily discussed public policy problems.
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Peter DiamondAlso won Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Kenneth E. BouldingAlso won Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
Michael SpenceAlso won Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Angus DeatonAlso won Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
Philip H. DybvigAlso won Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Robert F. EngleAlso won Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelAbout this person
William Spencer Vickrey was a Canadian-American economist. He was a lifelong faculty member at Columbia University. A theorist who worked on public economics and mechanism design, Vickrey primarily discussed public policy problems. He originated the Vickrey auction, introduced the concept of congestion pricing in networks, formalized arguments for marginal cost pricing, and contributed to optimal income taxation. James Tobin described him as "an applied economist's theorist, as well as a theorist's applied economist."
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