William Vickrey

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Economist
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:awarded_for gptkb:John_Bates_Clark_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow of the Econometric Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
gptkbp:born June 21, 1914
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution Game theory
Public goods theory
Theory of incentives
Optimal taxation
gptkbp:died October 7, 1996
gptkbp:field Economics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Vickrey
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:economic_policies
Behavioral economics
Decision theory
Development economics
Environmental economics
Financial economics
Health economics
Social choice theory
Welfare economics
International economics
Labor economics
Urban economics
Economic forecasting
Information economics
Public choice theory
Risk analysis
Market design
Public economics
Regional economics
Contract theory
Statistical economics
Experimental economics
Quantitative economics
Computational economics
Mechanism design theory
Auction design
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:James_Tobin
gptkb:Milton_Friedman
gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkb:Paul_Samuelson
gptkb:Kenneth_Arrow
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Vickrey_auction
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Canadian
gptkbp:notable_feature Second-price auction
gptkbp:notable_work Public Economics
Auction Theory
The Theory of Incentives
Optimal Taxation and Public Economics
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Professor
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Miriam_Vickrey
gptkbp:work_location gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:J._C._Harsanyi
gptkb:George_Akerlof
gptkb:John_Bates_Clark
gptkb:John_Harsanyi
gptkb:Richard_Musgrave
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5