What is William Vickrey?
{{Infobox economist | name = William Vickrey | image =<!-- William Vickrey.gif--> | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1914|06|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Victoria, British Columbia]], Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1996|10|11|1914|06|21|df=y}} | death_place = [[Harrison, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] | nationality = [[Canada]] | institution = [[Columbia University]] | field = [[Public economics]] | school_tradition = [[Post Keynesian economics]] | alma_mater = [[Columbia University]]<br>[[Yale University]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Carl Shoup]]<br>[[Robert M. Haig]] | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = [[David Colander]]<br>[[Jacques Drèze]] | notable_students = | influences = [[Henry George]]<br>[[Harold Hotelling]]<br>[[John Maynard Keynes]] | influenced = [[Harvey J. Levin]]<br>Lynn Turgeon | contributions = [[Vickrey auction]]<br>[[Revenue equivalence theorem]]<br>[[Congestion pricing]] | awards = {{unbulleted list|[[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics]] (1996)|[[Guggenheim Fellowship]] (1955)}} | signature = <!-- File name only. --> | repec_prefix = e | repec_id = pvi9 }} {{nobelprize|Economics}}'''William Spencer Vickrey''' (21 June 1914 – 11 October 1996) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]]-[[Americans|American]] [[professor]] of [[economics]]. In 1996, he won the [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]] with [[James Mirrlees]], They won the award for their research into the economic theory of [[incentives]] under [[asymmetric information]]. Vickrey is the only person born in [[British Columbia]] to win a Nobel prize.{{Fact|date=April 2022}}. The announcement of his Nobel Prize was made just three days before he died. Vickrey died during his journey to a [[conference]] of [[Georgist]] [[Academia|academics]] that he helped found. He had never missed one of these conferences in 20 years.<ref>Netzer, Dick (November 1996