Leonid Hurwicz

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Leonid Hurwicz was a Polish-American economist and mathematician best known as a pioneer of mechanism design theory and a Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economic Sciences.

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instanceOf economist
human
mathematician
university teacher
awardReceived Honorary Doctorate from Northwestern University
National Medal of Science
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
causeOfDeath renal failure
citizenship Poland
United States of America
coRecipientOf 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
countryOfBirth Russian Empire
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1917-08-21
dateOfDeath 2008-06-24
educatedAt London School of Economics
University of Geneva
University of Warsaw
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
Stanford University
University of Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
University of Minnesota
ethnicGroup Polish Jews
familyName Hurwicz
fieldOfWork economics
game theory
mathematics
mechanism design
givenName Leonid
immigratedTo United States of America
knownFor contributions to welfare economics
mechanism design theory
theory of incentive compatibility
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Econometric Society
National Academy of Sciences
name Leonid Hurwicz
NobelPrizeMotivation for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory
NobelPrizeYear 2007
notableWork pioneering work on mechanism design theory
placeOfBirth Moscow
placeOfDeath Minneapolis
positionHeld Regents Professor of Economics at the University of Minnesota
religion Judaism
residence Minneapolis
sexOrGender male
sharedNobelPrizeWith Eric S. Maskin
linked to: Eric Maskin

Roger B. Myerson

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Tjalling C. Koopmans sharedAwardWith Leonid Hurwicz
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Eric Maskin influencedBy Leonid Hurwicz
Leonid Hurwicz name Leonid Hurwicz