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Eric Maskin

American Nobel laureate in economics
Person human Q233051

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20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[23]
Date of birth
December 12, 1950
Place of birth
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[4]
Occupation
economist, researcher
Employer
Princeton University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Santa Fe Institute, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Cambridge[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Field of work
economics[5]
Educated at
Harvard University, Harvard College, Tenafly High School, Elisabeth Morrow School[12][13][14][15]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, Harvard Centennial Medal, Fellow of the Econometric Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Medal of Science[17][18][19][20][21][22]
Doctoral advisor
Kenneth Arrow[16]
Doctoral student
Jean Tirole, Drew Fudenberg, Robert Ward Vishny, Mathias Dewatripont, David S. Scharfstein, Abhijit Banerjee, Tarun Khanna, Michael Kremer, Eliana La Ferrara, Philippe Aghion, Igal Hendel, Steven Tadelis, Maitreesh Ghatak, Rachel Croson, Eddie Dekel, Michael Whinston, Mark J. Machina, Andrew Metrick, Ben Polak, Jay Pil Choi, Sandeep Baliga, Roberto Serrano, Ilya Segal, Qian Yingyi, Kareen Rozen, Alexander S. Kelso, Jr., Mark Stegeman, Estelle Cantillon, Jonathan Burke, Daisuke Nakajima, Yaron Raviv, Antonio Rangel, Leeat Yariv, Illoong Kwon, Brishti Guha, Shailendra Mehta, Tanjim Hossain, Alain de Crombrugghe, Dean F. Amel, Barbara J. Alexander, Ramón Caminal, Mark A. Chen, Francesca Cornelli, Paulo Côrte-Real, Matthew Ellman, Péter Eső, Armando Gomes Jr., Simon Grant, Sunku Hahn, Chiaki Hara, Shira B. Lewin-Solomons, John Nachbar, Andrew F. Newman, Eswaran Somanathan, Cong Minh Trinh, Gábor Virág, Sang-Seung Yi, Oved Yosha, Ran Shorrer, Sven Feldmann, Jaehyon Nahm, Klaus Nehring, Kentaro Tomoeda, Xiaosheng Mu, Aubrey Clark, Sangram Kadam, Jonathan Libgober, Deborah Menegotto, Huang Chen-Ying[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Erdős number
+2
Family name
Maskin
Given name
Eric
Interested in
economics
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, British Academy, Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Econometric Society
🏷️ Also known as
en Eric S. Maskin en Eric Maskin en Eric Stark Maskin ar إيريك ماسكين ar ايريك ماسكين cs Eric Stark Maskin cs Eric S. Maskin da Eric Stark Maskin de Eric Stark Maskin de Eric Maskin el Έρικ Μάσκιν el Eric Maskin es Eric S Maskin es Eric S. Maskin es Eric Stark Maskin es Maskin fa اریک ماسکین fi Eric Stark Maskin fr Eric S. Maskin he אריק מסקין
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ISNI
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ORCID iD
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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Academic Tree ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BHCL UUID
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BIBSYS ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CANTIC ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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De Agostini ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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Evene ID
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Freebase ID
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Geni.com profile ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2190149
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
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Guggenheim fellows ID
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Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
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IdRef ID
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JRC Names ID
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Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)
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Jewish Virtual Library ID
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Lex ID
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Libraries Australia ID
36210388
LittleSis people ID
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MR Author ID
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Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
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Munzinger person ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NE.se ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NLP ID
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NUKAT ID
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NYRB contributor ID
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National Academy of Sciences member ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
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National Library of Korea ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Virtual Library of India ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Nobel Laureate API ID
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Notable Names Database ID
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Obálky knih ID
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Prabook ID
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Quora topic ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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RePEc Short-ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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Treccani ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID
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Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
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Who's Who UK ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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ZbMATH author ID
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Doctoral student 8
Jean Tirole, Abhijit Banerjee, Michael Kremer, Philippe Aghion, Drew Fudenberg, Mathias Dewatripont, Roberto Serrano, Robert Ward Vishny
Doctoral students 8
Jean Tirole, Abhijit Banerjee, Michael Kremer, Philippe Aghion, Drew Fudenberg, Mathias Dewatripont, Roberto Serrano, Robert Ward Vishny
Employer 6
Harvard University, University of Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Institute for Advanced Study, Santa Fe Institute
Award received 5
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, National Medal of Science, Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Centennial Medal
Member of 4
National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, British Academy, Econometric Society
Educated at 2
Harvard University, Harvard College
Occupation 2
economist, researcher
Academic degree 1
Doctor of Philosophy
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
Kenneth Arrow
Doctoral advisors 1
Kenneth Arrow
Field of work 1
economics
Given name 1
Eric
Instance of 1
human
Interested in 1
economics
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
New York City
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Eric Maskin was born in New York City[1]. He has worked as an economist[2] and researcher[3].

Why It Matters

His notable doctoral advisees include Philippe Aghion[38], an economist[39], b. 1956[40], of France[41], awarded the CNRS silver medal[42], specialised in economics[43]; Abhijit Banerjee[44], an economist[45], b. 1961[46], of United States[47], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[48], specialised in development economics[49]; Jean Tirole[50], an economist[51], b. 1953[52], of France[53], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[54], specialised in economics[55]; Michael Kremer[56], an economist[57], b. 1964[58], of United States[59], awarded the MacArthur Fellows Program[60], specialised in development economics[61]; Roberto Serrano[62], an economist[63], b. 1964[64], of United States[65], awarded the Fellow of the Econometric Society[66]; and Drew Fudenberg[67], an economist[68], b. 1957[69], of United States[70], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[71], specialised in economics[72].

FAQs

Where was Eric Maskin born?

Eric Maskin's place of birth was New York City[1].

What did Eric Maskin do for work?

Eric Maskin worked as an economist[2] and researcher[3].

Where did Eric Maskin go to school?

Eric Maskin was educated at Harvard University[12], Harvard College[13], Tenafly High School[14], and Elisabeth Morrow School[15].

What awards did Eric Maskin receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[17], Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel[18], Harvard Centennial Medal[19], and Fellow of the Econometric Society[20].

Related Entities

Abhijit Banerjee economics Institute for Advanced Study Jean Tirole Kenneth Arrow Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Kremer New York City Santa Fe Institute United States

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