2016年度诺贝尔经济科学奖获得者Oliver Hart与Bengt Holmstrm研究工作评述

Comments on the Work of Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrm——Nobel Prize Winners in Economic Sciences in 2016

经济学家Oliver Hart和Bengt Holmstrm因其对契约理论做出的贡献,被授予2016年度诺贝尔经济科学奖。Oliver Hart的贡献主要在不完全契约理论,Bengt Holmstrm的贡献则主要在完全契约理论。契约理论有助于解决由信息不对称引发的经济效益降低的问题,保障社会分工基础上的合作能够有序推进。本文就二位教授在契约理论领域所取得的主要学术成就进行梳理,简要介绍了契约理论对经济社会发展的贡献。

The Sverige Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2016 was awarded jointly to economists Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrm for their contributions to contract theory. We review Hart ＇s contributions to incomplete contracts and Holmstrm＇s contributions to complete contracts. Building up the optimal incentive contracts and choosing the suitable allocation of property rights can help safeguard the social division of labor cooperation and thus promote the development of economy. This paper summarizes the academic contributions of Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrm in contract theory,and introduces the contributions of contract theory for the development of our society.