00710pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001700040245004800057260000900105300001200114362001000126520039200136650001400528773003400542180718b2007   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSen, Arunava  aThe theory of mechanism design: an overview  c2007  ap.8-13.  a8 Dec  aThere us-based economists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for economics for 2007 for laying the foundations of mechanism design theory. A description and discussion of this theory, its importance and the work of the award-winning economists, Mechanism design could help policymaking in a number of areas, one potential area is in drawing up the rules for land acquisition.- Reproduced.  aEconomics  aEconomic and Political Weekly