Prof. Eric Maskin, 2007 Nobel Laureate, will give a public lecture on “How to Make the Right Decisions without Knowing People's Preferences: An Introduction to Mechanism Design” at CERGE-EI in Prague. The lecture will take place on April 29 at 16:30 CEST. For online streaming, go to http://www.cerge-ei.cz/seminars/eric-maskin-live-at-cerge-ei.
Eric Maskin is Adams University Professor at Harvard. He received the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize
in Economics (with L. Hurwicz and R. Myerson) for laying the foundations of mechanism design
theory. He also has made contributions to game theory, contract theory, social choice theory,
political economy, and other areas of economics. He received his A.B. and Ph.D from Harvard and was
a postdoctoral fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge University. He was a faculty member at MIT from
1977–1984, Harvard from 1985–2000, and the Institute for Advanced Study from 2000–2011. He rejoined
the Harvard faculty in 2012.
Prof. Maskin's visit is a joint project of CERGE-EI and Tatra banka Foundation, and will
further feature a public lecture at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, on April 24.
http://www.nadaciatatrabanky.sk/nobel-prize-lecture-series-1
26 Apr 2013