National University of San Marcos in Peru Honors Professor Eric Maskin

Professor Eric Maskin has been awarded the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa by the National University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru.

Professor Maskin will receive the award at a ceremony in Lima, Peru in November 2014.

Eric Maskin is Adams University Professor at Harvard. He received the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (with L. Hurwicz and R. Myerson) for laying the foundations of mechanism design theory. He also has made contributions to game theory, contract theory, social choice theory, political economy, and other areas of economics.