Two Nobel Laureates joined the Economics Department of CUHK
The Economics Department of the CUHK is the only department among all universities in Hong Kong that has two Nobel Laureates among its staff.
Sir James Mirrlees, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1996, joined the Economics Department of CUHK in 2002. He was a pioneer in many new areas of economics, including the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information, optimal income tax, moral hazard, and mechanism design.
Professor Robert Mundell, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1999, joined the Economics Department of CUHK in 2009. He is known as “Father of the Euro”, and he was a pioneer in many areas of economics, including the theory of optimal currency areas, theory of the monetary and fiscal policy mix, and supply-side economics.
Both Nobel Laureates have participated in teaching the undergraduate or graduate classes of the Department. They are also active in research and in public lectures.

Google翻译：两位诺贝尔奖获得者加入香港中文大学经济学系
中大经济系是唯一在香港所有的大学之间的部门及其工作人员之间有两个诺贝尔奖获得者。
在1996年的诺贝尔经济学奖得主詹姆斯·米尔利斯，爵士于2002年加入香港中文大学经济学系。他是在经济学的许多新的领域，包括信息不对称下的激励经济理论，最优所得税，道德风险，机制设计的先驱。
香港中文大学经济学系，1999年诺贝尔经济学奖获得者罗伯特·蒙代尔教授，于2009年加入。他被称为“欧元之父”，他是在经济学的许多领域，包括最优货币区理论，货币政策和财政政策组合理论，供给面经济学的先驱。
两个诺贝尔奖获得者参加教署的本科或研究生班。他们还积极研究和公开讲座。