Oliver Hart shares the 2016 economic sciences prize with Bengt Holmstrom for contributions to contract theory. His incomplete-contract research explained how ownership and control rights influence incentives when agreements cannot anticipate every future contingency.
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Oliver Hart
Nobel Prize history for Oliver Hart based on the award records stored in the World History Database.
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