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Eric Maskin

Scientist · born December 12, 1950

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Eric Stark Maskin is an American economist and mathematician. He was jointly awarded the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory".

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  1. ~30Named Guggenheim Fellowship1980
  2. ~40Received the National Medal of Science1990
  3. ~57Received the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2007

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