2nd LD: Three Americans share Nobel Prize in economics STOCKHOLM, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The 2007 Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B.

By KARL RITTER and MATT MOORE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A professor at an elite institute in Princeton was one of three Americans to win the Nobel economics prize Monday for developing a theory that helps explain how sellers and buyers can maximize their gains from a transaction. Eric S.

Americans Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson won the Nobel economics prize Monday for developing a theory that helps explain how sellers and buyers can maximize their gains from a transaction.

Americans Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson won the Nobel prize in economics on Monday for developing a theory that helps explain how incentives and private information affect the functioning of markets.