Eric Maskin

School of Economic Theory Gen. Director

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Eric Stark Maskin is an American economist and 2007 Nobel laureate recognized with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson “for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory”.

He also has made contributions to game theory, contract theory, social choice theory, political economy, and other areas of economics. He is the Adams University Professor at Harvard University. He was a faculty member at MIT from 1977-1984, Harvard from 1985-2000, and the Institute for Advanced Study from 2000-2011. He rejoined the Harvard faculty in 2012.

Awards and Honors

 

  • 2010 Harvard University Centennial Medal
  • 2008 Member, National Academy of Sciences
  • 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
  • 2007 Eric Kempe Award
  • 1994 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences