Professor Eric Maskin FBA
- Fellow type
- International Fellow
- Year elected
- 2003
- Subjects
- Economics
- Sections
- Economics and Economic History
Summary
Eric Maskin is Adams University Professor at Harvard. He received the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (with L. Hurwicz and R. Myerson) for laying the foundations of mechanism design theory. He also has made contributions to game theory, contract theory, social choice theory, political economy, and other areas of economics. He received his A.B. and Ph.D from Harvard and was a postdoctoral fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge University. He was a faculty member at MIT from 1977-1984, Harvard from 1985-2000, and the Institute for Advanced Study from 2000-2011. He rejoined the Harvard faculty in 2012.
Current post
Adams University Professor, Harvard University
Past appointments
Department of Economics, Harvard Adams University Professor
2014 -
University of Cambridge Emeritus Professor of International Public Law, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Trinity College
2004 -
University of Cambridge Emeritus Professor of International Public Law, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Trinity College
2004 -
University of Cambridge Professor of International Public Law, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Trinity College
2000 - 2004
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