Myerson
Myerson is a surname. It is most prominently associated with Roger B. Myerson, an American economist known for his work in mechanism design and game theory. He is a professor at the University of Chicago and a pivotal figure in the development of economic design, auction theory, and contract theory. In 2007, Myerson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, jointly with Leonid Hurwicz and Eric Maskin, “for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory.”
Myerson’s contributions to auction theory include the concept known as the Myerson auction, an approach to
A central result associated with his name is the Myerson–Satterthwaite theorem, which states that, in a bilateral
Beyond Roger Myerson, the surname is borne by other individuals across various fields, though Roger B. Myerson