[bioundgrd] Fwd: TOMORROW: Eric Maskin-Tues, Nov 1 at 4.30pm in 2-190

[Janice Chang]

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From: Eva Konomi <evako at mit.edu<mailto:evako at mit.edu>>
Subject: TOMORROW: Eric Maskin-Tues, Nov 1 at 4.30pm in 2-190
Date: October 31, 2016 at 3:26:34 PM EDT

Where: 2-190
Lecture from 4.30-6 pm
Reception from 6-7 pm
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Dear all,

You are cordially invited to a public lecture sponsored by the
Undergraduate Economics Association. Professor Eric Maskin, the Adams
University Professor at Harvard, will give a talk entitled: "How to
Improve Presidential Elections".

Our speaker, Professor Eric Maskin was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize
in Economic Sciences in 2007 (jointly with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger
Myerson) for "having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory".
Professor Maskin has a close connection to our department: he was a
faculty member  here from 1977 to 1985 and a Visiting Professor in
1999-2000.

Eric Maskin will speak about different electoral rules and  how the
mechanism design theory can help to improve the democratic process of
presidential elections.

When: Tuesday, November 1 at 4.30pm (followed by a reception from 6 to 7pm)
Where: 2-190

Please, mark you calendar. Hope to see you there.
Anna Mikusheva


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