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The 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Mechanism Design Theory
Author(s) -
Mookherjee Dilip
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.725
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1467-9442
pISSN - 0347-0520
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00535.x
Subject(s) - mechanism (biology) , economics , mechanism design , mathematical economics , neoclassical economics , field (mathematics) , positive economics , law and economics , philosophy , epistemology , mathematics , pure mathematics
This paper provides an overview of mechanism design theory, and explains the roles played by Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson in the development of this field.