Roger Myerson
Professor

Roger Myerson is the Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of
Economics at the University of Chicago. Professor Myerson has made seminal
contributions to the fields of economics and political science. In game theory,
he introduced refinements of Nash’s equilibrium concept, and he developed
techniques to characterize the effects of communication when individuals have
different information. His analysis of incentive constraints in economic
communication introduced some of the fundamental ideas in mechanism design
theory, including the revelation principle and the revenue-equivalence theorem
in auctions and bargaining. Professor Myerson has also applied game-theoretic
tools to political science, analysing how political incentives can be affected
by different electoral systems and constitutional structures.
Professor Myerson has a PhD from Harvard University and taught for 25 years at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University before coming to the University of Chicago in 2001. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2007, he was awarded the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in recognition of his contributions to mechanism design theory.