This post is lists helpful online resources that explain the research for which the 2020 Economics Nobel prize was awarded.

Nobel popular information:

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2020/popular-information/

Swedish Academy’s Scientific Background:

https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2020/09/advanced-economicsciencesprize2020.pdf

Tyler Cowen blog post:

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/10/paul-milgrom-nobel-laureate.html

Alex Tabarrok:

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/10/the-nobel-prize-milgrom-and-wilson.html

Kevin Bryan’s blog post:

https://afinetheorem.wordpress.com/2020/10/12/operations-research-and-the-rise-of-applied-game-theory-a-nobel-for-milgrom-and-wilson/

Milgrom’s own 1989 (very readable) survey of auctions

https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.3.3.3