American trio wins the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics
[[Image:Leonid Hurwicz.jpg|thumb|200px|Leonid Hurwicz has become the eldest Nobel Prize winner at age 90.{{image source|University of Minnesota}}]]

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The [[w:Nobel Prize in Economics|2007 Nobel Prize in Economics]] has been awarded to three [[United States|Americans]] &ndash; [[w:Leonid Hurwicz|Leonid Hurwicz]], [[w:Eric S. Maskin|Eric S. Maskin]] and [[w:Roger B. Myerson|Roger B. Myerson]] &ndash; "for having laid the foundations of [[w:mechanism design theory|mechanism design theory]]."

The Nobel Prize, which includes ten million Swedish Crowns (US$1.54 million), was assigned by the [[w:Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences|Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] on behalf of the [[w:Bank of Sweden|Bank of Sweden]], which instituted the prize in 1968 in memoriam of [[w:Alfred Nobel|Alfred Nobel]].

"Mechanism design theory, initiated by Leonid Hurwicz and further developed by Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson, has greatly enhanced our understanding of optimal allocation mechanisms in such situations, accounting for individuals' incentives and private information," said the jury while assigning the prize.

Furthermore, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences added that the theory "allows us to distinguish the situations in which the markets work fine from those in which they work bad."

The attribution of this Nobel Prize closes the 2007 Nobel Prize awarding; prizes will be handed on December 10, 2007, in Stockholm, Sweden, on Alfred Nobel's death anniversary.

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Leonid Hurwicz has become the eldest Nobel Prize winner at age 90.


The 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to three Americans – Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson – "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory."

The Nobel Prize, which includes ten million Swedish Crowns (US$1.54 million), was assigned by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on behalf of the Bank of Sweden, which instituted the prize in 1968 in memoriam of Alfred Nobel.

"Mechanism design theory, initiated by Leonid Hurwicz and further developed by Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson, has greatly enhanced our understanding of optimal allocation mechanisms in such situations, accounting for individuals' incentives and private information," said the jury while assigning the prize.

Furthermore, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences added that the theory "allows us to distinguish the situations in which the markets work fine from those in which they work bad."

The attribution of this Nobel Prize closes the 2007 Nobel Prize awarding; prizes will be handed on December 10, 2007, in Stockholm, Sweden, on Alfred Nobel's death anniversary.
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