William Vickrey - Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel — 1996
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William Vickrey

Prize
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel — 1996
for their fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information
Together with: James Mirrlees
Citizenship
CanadaCanadaUnited StatesUnited States
Languages
English
date of birth
6/21/1914
place of birth
Victoria
date of death
10/11/1996
place of death
Harrison, New York City
Lived
82 years

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occupation
  • university teacher
  • researcher
  • economist
field of work
  • economy
  • economics
educated at
  • Phillips Academy
  • Yale College
  • Columbia University
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • academic major: economics
    • end time: 1947
  • Yale University
    • academic degree: Bachelor of Science
    • academic major: mathematics
    • end time: 1935
employer
  • Columbia University
position held
  • president
    • start time: 1992
    • end time: 1993
member of
  • Econometric Society
    • start time: 1967
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
doctoral student
  • Seymour Sacks
  • David Colander
  • Jacques H. Drèze
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