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'''Roger Bruce Myerson''' (born March 29, 1951) is an [[United States|American]] [[economist]] and winner of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, sometimes referred to as the "Nobel Prize" for economics, with [[Leonid Hurwicz]] and [[Eric Maskin]] for "having laid the foundations of [[mechanism design]] theory."<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2007/press.html |title=The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2007 |date=October 15, 2007 |accessdate=2008-08-15 |publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]}}</ref> A professor at the [[University of Chicago]], he has made contributions as an economist and as a political scientist.
'''Roger Bruce Myerson''' (born March 29, 1951) is an American [[economist]] and professor at the University of Chicago. He holds the title of the David L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts in the [[Harris School of Public Policy Studies|Harris School of Public Policy]], the Griffin Department of Economics, and the [[College of the University of Chicago]].<ref name=PearsonFaculty>{{cite web |url=https://thepearsoninstitute.org/faculty/roger-myerson |title=Roger Myerson Pearson Institute Faculty Profile}}</ref> Previously, he held the title The Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics.<ref name=MyersonProfile>{{cite web |url=https://economics.uchicago.edu/directory/roger-b-myerson |title=Prof. Myerson's University of Chicago Department of Economics Profile}}</ref> In 2007, he was the winner of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel with [[Leonid Hurwicz]] and [[Eric Maskin]] for "having laid the foundations of [[mechanism design]] theory".<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2007/press.html |title=The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2007 |date=October 15, 2007 |access-date=2008-08-15 |publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]}}</ref> He was elected a Member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amphilsoc.org/blog/aps-announces-2019-class-new-members |title=APS Announces 2019 Class of New Members}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Roger Myerson was born on March 29, 1951, in Boston, to a [[Jewish]] family. He attended [[Harvard University]], where he received his [[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]], ''[[summa cum laude]]'', and [[Master of Science|S.M.]] in [[applied mathematics]] in 1973. He completed his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 1976.<ref>http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/front-center-john-callaway-global-economic-crisis/ </ref> His doctorate thesis was ''A Theory of Cooperative Games''.<ref name="CV">{{cite web |url=http://home.uchicago.edu/~rmyerson/research/rbmvita.pdf |title=Curriculum Vitae of Roger Myerson |accessdate=2008-08-15 |publisher=}}</ref>
Roger Myerson was born in 1951 in Boston into a [[Jews|Jewish]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jewish Nobel Prize laureates - Economics |url=https://www.science.co.il/nobel-prizes/Economics.php |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=www.science.co.il}}</ref> family. He attended [[Harvard University]], where he received his [[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]], ''[[summa cum laude]]'', and [[Master of Science|S.M.]] in [[applied mathematics]] in 1973. He completed his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/front-center-john-callaway-global-economic-crisis/ |title=Front & Center with John Callaway: The Global Economic Crisis &#124; Pritzker Military Museum & Library &#124; Chicago}}</ref> His doctorate thesis was entitled ''A Theory of Cooperative Games''.<ref name="CV">{{cite web |url=http://home.uchicago.edu/~rmyerson/research/rbmvita.pdf |title=Curriculum Vitae of Roger Myerson |access-date=2008-08-15}}</ref>


From 1976 to 2001, Myerson was a professor of economics at [[Northwestern University]]'s [[Kellogg School of Management]], where he conducted much of his Nobel-winning research.<ref>[http://www.juf.org/news/local.aspx?id=27784&terms=Roger+Myerson JUF News: Nobel Prize winners have Jewish, Chicago connections]</ref> From 1978 to 1979, he was Visiting Researcher at [[Bielefeld University]]. He was Visiting Professor of Economics at the [[University of Chicago]] from 1985–86 and from 2000–01. He became Professor of Economics at Chicago in 2001. Currently, he is the Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.<ref name="CV"/>
From 1976 to 2001, Myerson was a professor of economics at [[Northwestern University]]'s [[Kellogg School of Management]], where he conducted much of his Nobel-winning research.<ref>[https://www.juf.org/news/local.aspx?id=27784&terms=Roger+Myerson JUF News: Nobel Prize winners have Jewish, Chicago connections]</ref> From 1978 to 1979, he was visiting researcher at [[Bielefeld University]]. He was visiting professor of economics at the [[University of Chicago]] from 1985 to 1986 and from 2000 to 2001. He became professor of economics at Chicago in 2001. Currently, he is the inaugural David L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor of Global Conflict Studies at the University of Chicago.<ref name="UChicagoPress Release">{{cite web |url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/roger-myerson-appointed-inaugural-david-l-pearson-distinguished-service-professor |title=Roger Myerson appointed inaugural David L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor |date=13 November 2018 |access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref>


==Bank of Sweden Nobel Memorial Prize==
==Awards and honors==
===Bank of Sweden Nobel Memorial Prize===
Myerson was one of the three winners of the 2007 [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]], the other two being [[Leonid Hurwicz]] of the [[University of Minnesota]], and [[Eric Maskin]] of the [[Institute for Advanced Study]]. He was awarded the prize for his contributions to [[mechanism design theory]].<ref name="UC">{{cite web |url=http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/07/071015.nobel.myerson.shtml |title=Roger Myerson wins 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics |date=2007-10-17 |publisher=University of Chicago |accessdate=2008-08-16}}</ref>
Myerson was one of the three winners of the 2007 [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]], the other two being [[Leonid Hurwicz]] of the [[University of Minnesota]], and [[Eric Maskin]] of the [[Institute for Advanced Study]]. He was awarded the prize for his contributions to [[mechanism design theory]].<ref name="UC">{{cite web |url=http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/07/071015.nobel.myerson.shtml |title=Roger Myerson wins 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics |date=2007-10-17 |publisher=University of Chicago |access-date=2008-08-16}}</ref>


Myerson made a path-breaking contribution to mechanism design theory when he discovered a fundamental connection between the allocation to be implemented and the monetary transfers needed to induce informed agents to reveal their information truthfully. Mechanism design theory allows for people to distinguish situations in which markets work well from those in which they do not. The theory has helped economists identify efficient trading mechanisms, regulation schemes, and voting procedures. Today, the theory plays a central role in many areas of [[economics]] and parts of [[political science]].<ref name="UC"/>
Myerson made a path-breaking contribution to mechanism design theory when he discovered a fundamental connection between the allocation to be implemented and the monetary transfers needed to induce informed agents to reveal their information truthfully. Mechanism design theory allows for people to distinguish situations in which markets work well from those in which they do not. The theory has helped economists identify efficient trading mechanisms, regulation schemes, and voting procedures. Today, the theory plays a central role in many areas of [[economics]] and parts of [[political science]].<ref name="UC"/>

===Memberships and honors===
Myerson is a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], the [[National Academy of Sciences]], the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], and the [[American Philosophical Society]].<ref name="CV"/> He is a Fellow of the [[Game Theory Society]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gametheorysociety.org/people/ |title=Game Theory Society - People}}</ref> and serves as an advisory board member on the ''International Journal of Game Theory''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.springer.com/journal/182/editors |title=International Journal of Game Theory Editors}}</ref> Myerson holds an [[honorary doctorate]] from the [[University of Basel]] in 2002 <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.unibas.ch/en/University/About-University/Dies-Academicus/Honorary-Awards-Dies-Academicus-Faculty-of-Business-and-Economics.html |title=Honorary Awards Faculty of Business and Economics}}</ref> and received the Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tse-fr.eu/jjl-prize |title=Jean Jacques Laffont Prize Former Laureates|date=5 June 2018 }}</ref> He also served on the Social Sciences jury for the [[Infosys Prize]] in 2016.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In 1980, Myerson married Regina (Weber) and the couple had two children, Daniel and Rebecca.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Nobelprize.org|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2007/myerson-autobio.html|title=Roger B. Myerson Autobiography}}</ref>
In 1980, Myerson married Regina (née Weber) and the couple had two children, Daniel and Rebecca.<ref>{{Nobelprize|name=Roger B. Myerson|accessdate=2020-10-11}}</ref> His daughter, Rebecca, is a [[health economist]] at the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pophealth.wisc.edu/staff/myerson-rebecca/ | title=Myerson, Rebecca | date=28 August 2019 }}</ref>


==Publications==
==Publications==
;Game theory and mechanism design
;Game theory and mechanism design
* "Graphs and Cooperation in Games," ''Mathematics of Operations Research'' 2 (1977), 225–229.
* {{Cite journal |title=Graphs and Cooperation in Games |journal=[[Mathematics of Operations Research]] |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=225–229 |doi=10.1287/moor.2.3.225 |date=August 1977 |last1=Myerson |first1=Roger B. |url=http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/research/math/papers/246.pdf |hdl=10419/220606 |hdl-access=free}}
* "Two-Person Bargaining Problems and Comparable Utility," ''[[Econometrica]]'' 45 (1977), 1631–1637.
* {{Cite journal |title=Two-Person Bargaining Problems and Comparable Utility |journal=[[Econometrica]] |volume=45 |issue=7 |pages=1631–1637 |doi=10.2307/1913955 |jstor=1913955 |date=October 1977 |last1=Myerson |first1=Roger B. |url=http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/research/math/papers/247.pdf}}
* "Refinements of the [[Nash Equilibrium]] Concept," ''International Journal of [[Game Theory]]'' 7 (1978), 73–80.
* {{Cite journal |title=Refinements of the Nash Equilibrium Concept |journal=International Journal of Game Theory |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=73–80 |doi=10.1007/BF01753236 |date=June 1978 |last1=Myerson |first1=R. B. |s2cid=222358176 |url=http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/research/math/papers/295.pdf}}
* "Incentive Compatibility and the Bargaining Problem," ''Econometrica'' 47 (1979), 61–73.
* {{Cite journal |title=Incentive Compatibility and the Bargaining Problem |journal=[[Econometrica]] |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=61–73 |doi=10.2307/1912346 |jstor=1912346 |date=January 1979 |last1=Myerson |first1=Roger B.}}
* "Optimal Auction Design," ''Mathematics of [[operations research|Operations Research]]'' 6 (1981), 58–73.
* {{Cite journal |title=Optimal Auction Design |journal=[[Mathematics of Operations Research]] |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=58–73 |doi=10.1287/moor.6.1.58 |date=February 1981 |last1=Myerson |first1=Roger B. |s2cid=12282691 }}
* "Mechanism Design by an Informed Principal," ''Econometrica'' 51 (1983), 1767–1797.
* {{Cite journal |title=Mechanism Design by an Informed Principal |journal=[[Econometrica]] |volume=51 |issue=6 |pages=1767–1797 |doi=10.2307/1912116 |jstor=1912116 |date=November 1983 |last1=Myerson |first1=Roger B. |url=http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/research/math/papers/481.pdf}}
* "Two-Person Bargaining Problems with Incomplete Information," ''Econometrica'' 52 (1984), 461–487.
* {{Cite journal |title=Two-Person Bargaining Problems with Incomplete Information |journal=[[Econometrica]] |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=461–487 |doi=10.2307/1911499 |jstor=1911499 |date=1984 |last1=Myerson |first1=Roger B.}}
* "Bayesian Equilibrium and Incentive Compatibility," in ''Social Goals and Social Organization'', edited by L. Hurwicz, D. Schmeidler, and Hugo Sonnenschein, [[Cambridge University Press]] (1985), 229–259.
* "Bayesian Equilibrium and Incentive Compatibility," in {{cite book |editor-last1=Hurwicz |editor-first1=Leonid |editor-last2=Schmeidler |editor-first2=David |editor-last3=Sonnenschein |editor-first3=Hugo |title=Social goals and social organization : essays in memory of Elisha Pazner |pages=229&ndash;259 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=Cambridge New York |year=2005 |isbn=9780521023955 |title-link=Elisha Pazner}}


He wrote a general textbook on game theory in 1991, and has also written on the history of game theory, including his review of the origins and significance of noncooperative game theory.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Myerson | first=Roger B. | title=Nash Equilibrium and the History of Economic Theory | journal=Journal of Economic Literature 37 | volume= | issue= | year=1999 | pages=1067–1082 | url= |postscript=<!--None--> }}</ref> He also served on the editorial board of the ''International Journal of Game Theory'' for ten years.
He wrote a general textbook on game theory in 1991, and has also written on the history of game theory, including his review of the origins and significance of noncooperative game theory.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Myerson |first=Roger B. |title=Nash Equilibrium and the History of Economic Theory |journal=[[Journal of Economic Literature]] |volume=37 |issue=3 |date=1999 |pages=1067–1082 |jstor=2564872 |doi=10.1257/jel.37.3.1067 |citeseerx=10.1.1.130.7955}}</ref> He also served on the editorial board of the ''International Journal of Game Theory'' for ten years.


Myerson has worked on economic analysis of [[political institution]]s and written several major survey papers:
Myerson has worked on economic analysis of [[political institution]]s and written several major survey papers:
* "Analysis of Democratic Institutions: Structure, Conduct, and Performance," Journal of Economic Perspectives 9:1 (1995), 77–89.
* {{Cite journal |title=Analysis of Democratic Institutions: Structure, Conduct, and Performance |journal=[[Journal of Economic Perspectives]] |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=77–89 |date=Winter 1995 |jstor=2138356 |doi=10.1257/jep.9.1.77 |last1=Myerson |first1=Roger B. |url=http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.9.1.77}}
* "Economic Analysis of Political Institutions: An Introduction," Advances in Economic Theory and Econometrics: Theory and Applications, volume 1, edited by D. Kreps and K. Wallis (Cambridge University Press, 1997), pages 46–65.
* "Economic Analysis of Political Institutions: An Introduction," Advances in Economic Theory and Econometrics: Theory and Applications, volume 1, edited by D. Kreps and K. Wallis (Cambridge University Press, 1997), pages 46–65.
* "Theoretical Comparisons of Electoral Systems," European Economic Review 43 (1999), 671–697.
* {{Cite journal |title=Theoretical Comparisons of Electoral Systems |journal=[[European Economic Review]] |volume=43 |issue=4–6 |pages=671–697 |doi=10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00089-0 |date=April 1999 |last1=Myerson |first1=Roger B. |citeseerx=10.1.1.21.9735}}
* {{cite journal | vauthors=((Myerson, R. B.)) | journal=Texas National Security Review | title=Stabilization Lessons from the British Empire | volume=6 | issue=1 | date= Winter 2022–2023 | url=https://tnsr.org/2022/11/stabilization-lessons-from-the-british-empire/ | access-date=5 December 2022}}


His recent work on [[democratization]] has raised critical questions about American policy in occupied Iraq.<ref>{{Cite journal | last=Myerson | first=Roger B. | title=Federalism and Incentives for Success of Democracy | journal=Quarterly Journal of Political Science| volume= | issue= | year=2006 | pages=3–23 | url= | postscript=<!--None--> }}</ref>
His recent work on [[democratization]] has raised critical questions about American policy in occupied Iraq:
* {{Cite journal |title=Fundamentals of social choice theory |journal=[[Quarterly Journal of Political Science]] |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=305–337 |doi=10.1561/100.00013006 |date=June 2013 |citeseerx=10.1.1.297.6781 |last1=Myerson |first1=Roger B.}}


;Books
;Books
* ''Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict'', Harvard University Press, 1991.
* {{cite book |title=Game theory: analysis of conflict |publisher=Harvard University Press |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |year=1991 |isbn=9780674728615}}
* {{cite book |title=Probability models for economic decisions |publisher=Thomson/Brooke/Cole |location=Belmont, CA |year=2005 |isbn=9780534423810}}
* ''Probability Models for Economic Decisions'', Duxbury Press, 2005.


;Lectures
==See also==
*[https://home.uchicago.edu/~rmyerson/research/hurwicz.pdf Fundamental Theory of Institutions: A Lecture in Honor of Leo Hurwicz], presented at the North American Meetings of the [[Econometric Society]], at the [[University of Minnesota]], on 22 June 2006

== Concepts named after him ==
* [[Myerson–Satterthwaite theorem]]
* [[Myerson–Satterthwaite theorem]]
* [[Myerson mechanism]]
* [[Myerson mechanism]]
* [[Myerson ironing]]

==See also==
* [[List of economists]]
* [[List of economists]]
* [[List of Jewish Nobel laureates]]
* [[List of Jewish Nobel laureates]]
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Nobelprize|name=Roger B. Myerson}} including the Nobel Lecture ''Perspectives on Mechanism Design in Economic Theory''
* [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2007/myerson-lecture.html Myerson Nobel Prize lecture]
* [http://home.uchicago.edu/~rmyerson Webpage at the University of Chicago]
* [http://home.uchicago.edu/~rmyerson Webpage at the University of Chicago]
* [http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5707479 ABC News Chicago interview]
* [https://archive.today/20121205194748/http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5707479 ABC News Chicago interview]
* {{MathGenealogy|99809}}
* {{MathGenealogy|99809}}
* [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2007/ecoadv07.pdf The scientific background to the 2007 Nobel prize: Mechanism Design Theory]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071025023317/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2007/ecoadv07.pdf The scientific background to the 2007 Nobel prize: Mechanism Design Theory]
* [http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/front-center-john-callaway-global-economic-crisis/ Myerson participated in panel discussion, ''The Global Economic Crisis: What Does It Mean for U.S. National Security?''] at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on April 2, 2009
* [http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/front-center-john-callaway-global-economic-crisis/ Myerson participated in panel discussion, ''The Global Economic Crisis: What Does It Mean for U.S. National Security?''] at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on April 2, 2009


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Roger Myerson
Myerson in 2008
Born (1951-03-29) March 29, 1951 (age 73)
Academic career
FieldGame theory
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
Northwestern University
Alma materHarvard University (AB, SM, PhD)
Doctoral
advisor
Kenneth Arrow
Doctoral
students
Scott E. Page
Leonard Wantchekon
ContributionsMechanism design
AwardsNobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2007)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc
Academic background
ThesisA theory of cooperative games (1976)

Roger Bruce Myerson (born March 29, 1951) is an American economist and professor at the University of Chicago. He holds the title of the David L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts in the Harris School of Public Policy, the Griffin Department of Economics, and the College of the University of Chicago.[1] Previously, he held the title The Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics.[2] In 2007, he was the winner of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel with Leonid Hurwicz and Eric Maskin for "having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory".[3] He was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019.[4]

Biography

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Roger Myerson was born in 1951 in Boston into a Jewish[5] family. He attended Harvard University, where he received his A.B., summa cum laude, and S.M. in applied mathematics in 1973. He completed his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 1976.[6] His doctorate thesis was entitled A Theory of Cooperative Games.[7]

From 1976 to 2001, Myerson was a professor of economics at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, where he conducted much of his Nobel-winning research.[8] From 1978 to 1979, he was visiting researcher at Bielefeld University. He was visiting professor of economics at the University of Chicago from 1985 to 1986 and from 2000 to 2001. He became professor of economics at Chicago in 2001. Currently, he is the inaugural David L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor of Global Conflict Studies at the University of Chicago.[9]

Awards and honors

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Bank of Sweden Nobel Memorial Prize

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Myerson was one of the three winners of the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, the other two being Leonid Hurwicz of the University of Minnesota, and Eric Maskin of the Institute for Advanced Study. He was awarded the prize for his contributions to mechanism design theory.[10]

Myerson made a path-breaking contribution to mechanism design theory when he discovered a fundamental connection between the allocation to be implemented and the monetary transfers needed to induce informed agents to reveal their information truthfully. Mechanism design theory allows for people to distinguish situations in which markets work well from those in which they do not. The theory has helped economists identify efficient trading mechanisms, regulation schemes, and voting procedures. Today, the theory plays a central role in many areas of economics and parts of political science.[10]

Memberships and honors

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Myerson is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the American Philosophical Society.[7] He is a Fellow of the Game Theory Society,[11] and serves as an advisory board member on the International Journal of Game Theory.[12] Myerson holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel in 2002 [13] and received the Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize in 2009.[14] He also served on the Social Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize in 2016.

Personal life

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In 1980, Myerson married Regina (née Weber) and the couple had two children, Daniel and Rebecca.[15] His daughter, Rebecca, is a health economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[16]

Publications

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Game theory and mechanism design
  • Myerson, Roger B. (August 1977). "Graphs and Cooperation in Games" (PDF). Mathematics of Operations Research. 2 (3): 225–229. doi:10.1287/moor.2.3.225. hdl:10419/220606.
  • Myerson, Roger B. (October 1977). "Two-Person Bargaining Problems and Comparable Utility" (PDF). Econometrica. 45 (7): 1631–1637. doi:10.2307/1913955. JSTOR 1913955.
  • Myerson, R. B. (June 1978). "Refinements of the Nash Equilibrium Concept" (PDF). International Journal of Game Theory. 7 (2): 73–80. doi:10.1007/BF01753236. S2CID 222358176.
  • Myerson, Roger B. (January 1979). "Incentive Compatibility and the Bargaining Problem". Econometrica. 47 (1): 61–73. doi:10.2307/1912346. JSTOR 1912346.
  • Myerson, Roger B. (February 1981). "Optimal Auction Design". Mathematics of Operations Research. 6 (1): 58–73. doi:10.1287/moor.6.1.58. S2CID 12282691.
  • Myerson, Roger B. (November 1983). "Mechanism Design by an Informed Principal" (PDF). Econometrica. 51 (6): 1767–1797. doi:10.2307/1912116. JSTOR 1912116.
  • Myerson, Roger B. (1984). "Two-Person Bargaining Problems with Incomplete Information". Econometrica. 52 (2): 461–487. doi:10.2307/1911499. JSTOR 1911499.
  • "Bayesian Equilibrium and Incentive Compatibility," in Hurwicz, Leonid; Schmeidler, David; Sonnenschein, Hugo, eds. (2005). Social goals and social organization : essays in memory of Elisha Pazner. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 229–259. ISBN 9780521023955.

He wrote a general textbook on game theory in 1991, and has also written on the history of game theory, including his review of the origins and significance of noncooperative game theory.[17] He also served on the editorial board of the International Journal of Game Theory for ten years.

Myerson has worked on economic analysis of political institutions and written several major survey papers:

His recent work on democratization has raised critical questions about American policy in occupied Iraq:

Books
  • Game theory: analysis of conflict. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1991. ISBN 9780674728615.
  • Probability models for economic decisions. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Brooke/Cole. 2005. ISBN 9780534423810.
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Awards
Preceded by Laureate of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
2007
Served alongside: Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin
Succeeded by