Leonid Hurwicz
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Leonid Hurwicz was a Polish-American economist and mathematician best known as a pioneer of mechanism design theory and a Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economic Sciences.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Leonid Hurwicz canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
economist
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Honorary Doctorate from Northwestern University
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National Medal of Science ⓘ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | renal failure ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Poland
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United States of America ⓘ |
| coRecipientOf | 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1917-08-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2008-06-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
London School of Economics
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University of Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Northwestern University NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Polish Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hurwicz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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game theory ⓘ mathematics ⓘ mechanism design ⓘ |
| givenName | Leonid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to welfare economics
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mechanism design theory ⓘ theory of incentive compatibility ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Econometric Society NERFINISHED ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Leonid Hurwicz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| notableWork | pioneering work on mechanism design theory ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Moscow ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Minneapolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Regents Professor of Economics at the University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Minneapolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Eric S. Maskin
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Roger B. Myerson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Tjalling C. Koopmans