1996年10月8日,瑞典皇家科学院宣布将当年的诺贝尔经济学奖授予美国哥伦比亚大学的威廉·维克里和英国剑桥大学的詹姆斯·莫里斯,以表彰其“在不对称信息下对激励经济理论作出的奠基性贡献”。其中,时年82岁的维克里是当时自诺贝尔经济学奖颁奖以来年事最高的一位经济学家,备受瞩目。然而,在瑞典皇家科学院宣布获奖者的第三天,维克里却因心脏病突发而 On October 8, 1996, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the award of the Nobel Prize for Economics of the year to William Vickery of the University of Columbia and James Morris of the University of Cambridge, in recognition of its “ Motivational economic theory to make the foundation contribution ”. Among them, the then 82-year-old Viktor was the economist of the highest age since the Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded the highest attention. However, on the third day after the announcement of the winners by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Vickery died of a heart attack