Eric S. Maskin

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An American professor of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2007, along with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson. Maskin's award-winning research deals with mechanism design theory, or incentive-compatible mechanisms. Born in 1950 in New York City, he holds a Ph.D. in applied math from Harvard. In addition to IAS, he has taught at Princeton, MIT and Harvard.
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Mechanism design theory explores how institutions can achieve desirable social or economic goals given the constraints of individuals' self-interest and incomplete information. Additional areas of Maskin's research include game theory, incentives, contract theory, auction design, electoral rules, monetary policy and intellectual property.

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