Prof. Eric S. Maskin

2007 Nobel Laureate for Economics and Adams University Professor at Harvard’s Department of Economics in Cambridge/USA

Prof. Maskin is well known for his papers on mechanism design and his research projects comparing different electoral rules and examining the causes of inequality.

Biography:

Prof. Eric Stark Maskin is an American economist who was awarded the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics “for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory”. He taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was the Albert O. Hirschman Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton before becoming the Adams University Professor at Harvard. Professor Maskin has worked in diverse areas of economic theory, such as game theory, the economics of incentives and contract theory. He is particularly well known for his papers on mechanism design/implementation theory and dynamic games. His current research projects include comparing different electoral rules, examining the causes of inequality and studying coalition formation. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Econometric Society and the European Economic Association and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. He has served as President of the Econometric Society, the Game Theory Society and the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory.

Topic of keynote speech:

• Why globalization has failed to reduce inequality

Schedule:

Monday, December 15, 2025:

14:00 Public keynote speech and dialogue at the National Taiwan University in Taipei

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