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| Roger Myerson | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 29, 1951 Boston, MA |
| Nationality |  American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Awards |  Nobel Prize in Economics (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 attended Harvard University where he received his A.B. and S.M. (1973) in applied mathematics and Ph.D. (1976) in Applied Mathematics. From 1976 to 2001, he was a professor of economics at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
Books
Myerson has published the following books:
- Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict, Harvard University Press (1991).
- Probability Models for Economic Decisions, Duxbury Press (2005).
