Media

Nobel Laureate Distinguished Lecture
by Professor Eric S. Maskin
“Financial Crises: Why They Occur and What to Do about Them”

19 Feb 2016

The Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Hong Kong will hold the Nobel Laureate Distinguished Lecture by Professor Eric S. Maskin on February 23 (Tuesday). Professor Maskin will discuss the reasons behind financial crises from the perspective of economic theory and also show how mechanism design can be used to eliminate or at least reduce the probability of such crises in the future.

Details are as follows:
Date: February 23, 2016 (Tuesday) 
Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm (Media registration starts at 5:30pm)
Venue: Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall, Graduate House, HKU
Topic: Financial Crises: Why They Occur and What to Do about Them 
Language: English

*Due to overwhelming response, we will only be able to arrange journalists who have pre-registered to attend the lecture. Please make reservation at +852 3917 4488 or fbecomm@hku.hk by COB on Feb 22 (Monday).

About the Speaker:
Eric S. Maskin is Adams University Professor at Harvard. He received the 2007 Nobel 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. He received his A.B. and Ph.D from Harvard and was a postdoctoral fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge University. He was a faculty member at MIT from 1977-1984, Harvard from 1985-2000, and the Institute for Advanced Study from 2000-2011. He rejoined the Harvard faculty in 2012.

For reservation media enquiries, please contact:
Anita Handayani
Communications Manager
HKU Faculty of Business and Economics
Tel: +852 3917 4488
Email: anitah@hku.hk

Helen Wong
Assistant Director of Communications
HKU Faculty of Business and Economics
Tel: +852 6199 6988 / +852 3917 4311
Email: hgewong@hku.hk