The New Paper

October 12, 2020

2020 Nobel Prize in Economics

The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to two Stanford professors for their work on auction theory. The discoveries focus on both “common” and “private” values in an auction, and help to explain bidder behavior (such as avoiding the “winner’s curse”).

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