William Vickrey
Economist, Academic
1914 – 1996
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Who was William Vickrey?
William Spencer Vickrey was a Canadian-born professor of economics and Nobel Laureate. Vickrey was awarded the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with James Mirrlees for their research into the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information. The announcement of the prize was made just three days prior to his death; his Columbia University economics department colleague C. Lowell Harriss accepted the prize posthumously on his behalf.
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- Born
- Jun 21, 1914
Victoria - Also known as
- William Spencer Vickrey
- William S. Vickrey
- Nationality
- Canada
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Columbia University
Economics
( - 1947) - Bachelor of Science, Yale University
Mathematics
( - 1935)
- PhD, Columbia University
- Employment
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- New York City
(1914 - 1996/10/11)
- New York City
- Died
- Oct 11, 1996
Harrison
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on July 23, 2013
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