Mechanism Design: How to Implement Social Goals
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Eric S. Maskin delivered his Prize Lecture on 8 December 2007 at Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor Jorgen Weibull, Chairman of the Economics Prize Committee.Download Info
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Paper provided by Nobel Prize Committee in its series Nobel Prize in Economics documents with number 2007-4.Length: 1 pages
Date of creation: 08 Dec 2007
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Keywords: Mechanism Design;Other versions of this item:
- Eric S. Maskin, 2008. "Mechanism Design: How to Implement Social Goals," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 98(3), pages 567-76, June.
- Eric S. Maskin, 2008. "Mechanism Design: How to Implement Social Goals," Economics Working Papers 0081, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science.
- D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, and Operations
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- NEP-EXP-2008-05-05 (Experimental Economics)
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