Robert B. Wilson
Robert Butler "Bob" Wilson, Jr. (born May 16, 1937) is an American economist.
Robert B. Wilson | |
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| Born | Robert Butler Wilson May 16, 1937 Geneva, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | Game theory in industrial organization sequential quadratic programming |
| Awards | Golden Goose Award (2014)
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2015) CME Group-MSRI prize (2017) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2020) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economist Management science |
| Institutions | Stanford University (since 1964) Harvard Law School |
| Doctoral advisor | Howard Raiffa |
| Doctoral students | Claude d'Aspremont Lynden Bengt R. Holmström Paul Milgrom Jean-Pierre Ponssard Robert W. Rosenthal Alvin E. Roth Yuliy Sannikov |
He is the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus at Stanford University. He is known for his works to management science and business economics.
His works helped change the economics of industrial organization and organization theory using non-cooperative game theory. His research on nonlinear pricing has played an important role for large firms, particularly in the energy industry, especially electricity.[1]
In 2020, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences alongside Paul Milgrom "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats".[2]
References
- "Robert Wilson". Graduate School of Stanford Business. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2020" (PDF) (Press release). Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. October 12, 2020.