Leonid Hurwicz
Leonid Hurwicz was a Polish–American economist and mathematician, known for his work in game theory and mechanism design. He originated the concept of incentive compatibility, and showed how desired outcomes can be achieved by using incentive compatible mechanism design. Hurwicz shared the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work on mechanism design.
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- Born in
- Moscow
- Educated at
- Harvard UniversityUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of WarsawLondon School of Economics and Political ScienceGraduate Institute of International Studies
- Awards
- 🏆 Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel🏆 National Medal of Science🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Daniel McFadden📖 Fernando Vega Redondo
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1917
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