Leonid Hurwicz

Leonid Hurwicz

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2007

University of Minnesota

“for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory”

Leonid Hurwicz was an economist who laid the foundations of mechanism design theory. He was awarded the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on mechanism design theory. He was affiliated with the University of Minnesota.

Field
Business & Economics · Game Theory
Lifespan
1917–2008