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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Economics (81) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1990s (104) 1996 (13) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1910s (117) 1914 (8) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) Canada (19) Victoria (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1990s (82) 1996 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) New York (38) Harrison (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) W (48) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) V (12) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name S-Z (69) W (37) William (20) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Christianity (158) Quaker (5) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 80 - 89 (56) 83 (6) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Social Scientists and Related Workers (87) Economists (76) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Northeastern states (122) New York (49) New York (39) Columbia University (18) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Connecticut (61) New Haven (61) Yale University (61) Alumni (21) New York (216) New York City (168) Columbia University (96) Alumni (43) Long-term academic staff (33) 43. Affilliation with Secondary School 43. Affilliation with Secondary School North America (80) United States (78) Northeastern states (46) Massachusetts (4) Andover (4) Phillips Academy (4) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) D (194) Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (41) E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Econometric Society (72) I-J (268) J (208) John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (102) complete name: William Vickrey nobel prize: economics award year: 1996 together with: James Mirrlees prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1996 was awarded jointly to James A. Mirrlees and William Vickrey "for their fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts given name: William family name: Vickrey occupation: economist field of work: economics work location: Columbia University, West 116 St and Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, United States of America description: William Vickrey was a Canadian-born professor of economics and Nobel Laureate. Vickrey was awarded the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with James Mirrlees for their research into the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information, becoming the only Nobel laureate born in British Columbia. The announcement of the prize was made just three days prior to his death; his Columbia University economics department colleague C. Lowell Harriss accepted the posthumous prize on his behalf (there are only three other cases where a Nobel Prize has been presented posthumously). image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1996. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1996/summary/> date birth: 1914 date death: 1996 usual name: William Vickrey
