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Eric Maskin

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Eric Stark Maskin (born December 12, 1950) is an American economist and mathematician. He was jointly awarded the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory". He is the Adams University Professor and Professor of Economics and Mathematics at Harvard University. Until 2011, he was the Albert O. Hirschman Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, and a visiting lecturer with the rank of professor at Princeton University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Maskin is the 157th most popular economist (up from 194th in 2019), the 2,297th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,065th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Eric Maskin ranks 157 out of 414. Before him are Christopher A. Pissarides, Jacques Attali, Robert F. Engle, Christopher A. Sims, Roger Myerson, and Angus Deaton. After him are Vernon L. Smith, Daniel McFadden, Richard Cantillon, Greg Mankiw, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, and Robert C. Merton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Eric Maskin ranks 97. Before him are Hugh McDonald, Seiki Ichihara, Tsui Hark, Mikhail Fradkov, Jean-Marc Ayrault, and Bob Orton Jr.. After him are Miou-Miou, Corinne Cléry, Michael Ironside, Barbara Sukowa, Kozo Arai, and Steve Hackett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Maskin ranks 2,297 out of 20,380. Before him are John Ratcliffe (1965), Joseph Augustus Zarelli (1953), Lucille Ball (1911), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Ernie Hudson (1945), and Jerry West (1938). After him are John G. Thompson (1932), Ben Bradlee (1921), Sarah Rose Karr (1984), Luke Perry (1966), Marcia Cross (1962), and Owen Wilson (1968).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Eric Maskin ranks 53. Before him are Paul Krugman (1953), Ben Bernanke (1953), Peter Diamond (1940), Robert F. Engle (1942), Christopher A. Sims (1942), and Roger Myerson (1951). After him are Vernon L. Smith (1927), Daniel McFadden (1937), Greg Mankiw (1958), Robert C. Merton (1944), Robert B. Wilson (1937), and Henry George (1839).

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