Premio Nobel de Economía 2020

Y el Premio Nobel de economía va este año para dos profesores de Stanford por «las mejoras sobre las teorías de las subastas, y la invención de nuevos formatos de subastas»

[…] The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats”.

The new auction formats are a beautiful example of how basic research can subsequently generate inventions that benefit society. The unusual feature of this example is that the same people developed the theory and the practical applications. The Laureates’ ground-breaking research about auctions has thus been of great benefit, for buyers, sellers and society as a whole.[…]

 

Eldiario.es | Paul R. Milgrom y Robert B. Wilson se llevan el Premio Nobel de Economía 2020