William Vickrey (1914 - 1996)

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Economist nordamerican, profesor la Columbia  University din New York, a obtinut Premiul Nobel de economie in 1996, impartit cu  James A. Mirrlees pentru fundamentalele sale contributii la teoria economica a stimulentelor cu informatii asimetrice. A murit trei zile dupa ce a aflat ca i s-a acordat Premiul Nobel.

William Vickrey s-a nascut in Victoria, British Columbia (Canada). A studiat la Universitatile din Yale si Columbia, unde obtine doctoratul  in 1947 cu o teza de  496 de pagini denumita "Agenda for Progressive Taxation". De atunci a lucrat la Columbia University.

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puse in vanzare

  • "Averaging of Income for Income Tax Purposes", 1939, JPE

  • "Measuring Marginal Utility by Reactions to Risk", 1945, Econometrica

  • An Agenda for Progessive Taxation, 1947.

  • "The Limitations of Keynesian Economics", 1948, Social Research

  • "Stability Through Inflation", 1954, in Kurihara, editor, Post Keynesian Economics

  • "A Proposal for Revising New York’s Subway Fare System", 1955, Journal of The Operations Research Society of America

  • "Utility, Strategy, and Social Decision Rules", 1960, QJE

  • "Counterspeculation, Auctions, and Competitive Sealed Tenders", 1961, Journal of Finance

  • "Auction and Bidding Games", 1962, in Recent Advances in Game Theory

  • "The Problem of Progression", 1968, University of Florida Law Review

  • "Congestion Theory and Transport Investment", 1969, AER

  • Public Economics: Selected Papers

  • "Fifteen Fatal Fallacies of Financial Fundamentalism A Disquisition on Demand Side Economics", 1998, Proceedings of the NAS. (versiune PDF )