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== Biography == |
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Roger Myerson is the Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the [[University of Chicago]].He was born in 1951 into a jewish american family<ref>http://www.israel-times.com/index.php/business/2007/10/roger-myerson-2007-nobel-prize-in-economics-3204/</ref> |
Roger Myerson is the Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the [[University of Chicago]]. He was born in 1951 into a jewish american family<ref>http://www.israel-times.com/index.php/business/2007/10/roger-myerson-2007-nobel-prize-in-economics-3204/</ref> and attended [[Harvard University]] where he received his AB and SM (1973), and Ph.D. (1976), all in [[applied mathematics]]. From 1976 to 2001, he was a professor of economics at [[Northwestern University]]'s [[Kellogg School of Management]]. |
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== Scientific contributions == |
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Myerson has published the following books: |
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* ''Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict'', Harvard University Press |
* ''Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict'', Harvard University Press, 1991. |
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* ''Probability Models for Economic Decisions'', Duxbury Press |
* ''Probability Models for Economic Decisions'', Duxbury Press, 2005. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 16:08, 19 October 2007
Roger Myerson | |
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| Born | March 29, 1951 |
| Nationality |  American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Awards |  Nobel Memorial Prize (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
Roger Bruce Myerson (born March 29, 1951) is an American economist and co-winner, along with Leonid Hurwicz and Eric Maskin, of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory."
Biography
Roger Myerson is the Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. He was born in 1951 into a jewish american family[1] and attended Harvard University where he received his AB and SM (1973), and Ph.D. (1976), all in applied mathematics. From 1976 to 2001, he was a professor of economics at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
Scientific contributions
Among his scientific contributions, the following are specially relevant:
- Graphs and Cooperation in Games, Mathematics of Operations Research 2 (1977), 225-229.
- Two-Person Bargaining Problems and Comparable Utility, Econometrica 45 (1977), 1631-1637.
- Refinements of the Nash Equilibrium Concept, International Journal of Game Theory 7 (1978), 73-80.
- Incentive Compatibility and the Bargaining Problem, Econometrica 47 (1979), 61-73.
- Optimal Auction Design, Mathematics of Operations Research 6 (1981), 58-73.
- Mechanism Design by an Informed Principal, Econometrica 51 (1983), 1767-1797.
- Two-Person Bargaining Problems with Incomplete Information, Econometrica 52 (1984), 461-487.
- Bayesian Equilibrium and Incentive Compatibility, in Social Goals and Social Organization, edited by L. Hurwicz, D. Schmeidler, and H. Sonnenschein, Cambridge University Press (1985), 229-259.
Books
Myerson has published the following books:
- Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict, Harvard University Press, 1991.
- Probability Models for Economic Decisions, Duxbury Press, 2005.