Description: (Economist)
Eric Stark Maskin is an esteemed American economist and mathematician known for his groundbreaking work in mechanism design theory. He was honored with the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences alongside Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson for his foundational contributions to this field. Maskin currently holds the prestigious position of Adams University Professor and is a Professor of Economics and Mathematics at Harvard University. Prior to this, he served as the Albert O. Hirschman Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study and as a visiting lecturer at Princeton University.