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Roger Myerson

1951 - Today

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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. Previously, he held the title The Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics. 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Myerson is the 155th most popular economist (up from 162nd in 2019), the 2,253rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,370th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Roger Myerson ranks 155 out of 414. Before him are Benedetto Cotrugli, Silvio Gesell, Christopher A. Pissarides, Jacques Attali, Robert F. Engle, and Christopher A. Sims. After him are Angus Deaton, Eric Maskin, Vernon L. Smith, Daniel McFadden, Richard Cantillon, and Greg Mankiw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Roger Myerson ranks 95. Before him are Sydne Rome, Shigemi Ishii, Dana Rosemary Scallon, Frank Wilczek, Kate Atkinson, and Joe Lynn Turner. After him are Horst Hrubesch, Šaban Šaulić, Bob Geldof, Lazarus You Heung-sik, Mamoru Oshii, and Behgjet Pacolli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Myerson ranks 2,253 out of 20,380. Before him are Don Budge (1915), Jerry Stiller (1927), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Joe Lynn Turner (1951), and Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945). After him are Harvey Milk (1930), James Earl Ray (1928), Ralph Macchio (1961), Eartha Kitt (1927), Eric Adams (1952), and Bob Odenkirk (1962).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Roger Myerson ranks 52. Before him are Robert J. Shiller (1946), Paul Krugman (1953), Ben Bernanke (1953), Peter Diamond (1940), Robert F. Engle (1942), and Christopher A. Sims (1942). After him are Eric Maskin (1950), Vernon L. Smith (1927), Daniel McFadden (1937), Greg Mankiw (1958), Robert C. Merton (1944), and Robert B. Wilson (1937).

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