Robert B. Wilson
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Robert B. Wilson is an American economist renowned for his pioneering work in auction theory and market design, which has profoundly influenced both economic theory and real-world auction practices.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert B. Wilson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7651519 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert B. Wilson Context triple: [Bengt Holmström, doctoralAdvisor, Robert B. Wilson]
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A.
Richard J. Wilson
Richard J. Wilson is a British mathematician and author known for his work in graph theory and for co-writing influential popular and academic mathematics books.
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B.
David C. Wilson
David C. Wilson is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the script for the 2015 spy film adaptation of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
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C.
David A. Wilson
David A. Wilson is a public administrator who serves as the city manager of West Hollywood, California.
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D.
David A. Wilson
David A. Wilson is a media entrepreneur and co-founder of TheGrio, a news platform focused on African American stories and perspectives.
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E.
Don W. Wilson
Don W. Wilson is an American archivist and historian who served as the head of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert B. Wilson Target entity description: Robert B. Wilson is an American economist renowned for his pioneering work in auction theory and market design, which has profoundly influenced both economic theory and real-world auction practices.
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A.
Richard J. Wilson
Richard J. Wilson is a British mathematician and author known for his work in graph theory and for co-writing influential popular and academic mathematics books.
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B.
David C. Wilson
David C. Wilson is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the script for the 2015 spy film adaptation of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
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C.
David A. Wilson
David A. Wilson is a public administrator who serves as the city manager of West Hollywood, California.
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D.
David A. Wilson
David A. Wilson is a media entrepreneur and co-founder of TheGrio, a news platform focused on African American stories and perspectives.
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E.
Don W. Wilson
Don W. Wilson is an American archivist and historian who served as the head of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics, Finance and Management
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Golden Goose Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Alvin E. Roth
NERFINISHED
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John Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Milgrom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Howard Raiffa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctoralStudent |
Alvin E. Roth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul Milgrom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard Business School
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Harvard University ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer |
Stanford Graduate School of Business
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ |
| familyName | Wilson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
auction theory
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economics ⓘ game theory ⓘ industrial organization ⓘ market design ⓘ microeconomics ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRank |
Emeritus Professor
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Professor of Management ⓘ |
| influenced |
auction design for radio spectrum licenses
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design of electricity market auctions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
decision theory
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game theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
auction theory
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design of spectrum auctions ⓘ game‑theoretic analysis of auctions ⓘ market design ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Robert B. Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
analysis of bidding in electricity markets
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design of multi‑unit auctions ⓘ pioneering contributions to auction theory ⓘ theory of common‑value auctions ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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university professor ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Robert B. Wilson Description of subject: Robert B. Wilson is an American economist renowned for his pioneering work in auction theory and market design, which has profoundly influenced both economic theory and real-world auction practices.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bengt Holmström