拍賣理論獲經濟學諾獎

US economists win Nobel prize
拍賣理論獲經濟學諾獎

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Monday.
瑞典皇家科學院10月12日宣佈，將2020年諾貝爾經濟學獎授予斯坦福大學的兩位教授保羅·R·米爾格羅姆和羅伯特·B·威爾遜，以表彰他們“對拍賣理論的改進和發明了新拍賣形式”。

Milgrom and Wilson, professors at Stanford University, "have studied how auctions work, and used their insights to design new auction formats for goods and services that are difficult to sell in a traditional way, such as radio frequencies," the academy said in a statement.
瑞典皇家科學院在聲明中表示，米爾格羅姆和威爾遜“研究了拍賣是如何運作的，並運用他們的見解爲無線電頻譜等難以用傳統方式銷售的商品和服務設計了新的拍賣形式”。

Their discoveries have benefited sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world, it said.
他們的發現令全球各地的賣家、買家和納稅人從中受益。