Gibson Lecture at Queen's University in Kingston Ontario

I'll be speaking today at Queen's University in Kingston

What have we learned from market design? 

Tuesday, September 17, 2013
4:30 PM 

Grant Hall, Queen's University
43 University Avenue, Kingston, ON

**Light refreshments to follow:  Room 145 Robert Sutherland Hall, 138 Union Street

ALL ARE WELCOME

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2012 Nobel Laureate
Alvin Roth

Alvin Roth is the Craig and Susan McCaw Professor of Economics at Stanford University. Roth has made important contributions in many fields of economics, including axiomatic bargaining theory and experimental economics, but his contributions in matching and market design have been especially highly regarded, as exemplified by the Nobel Prize in 2012, which was awarded to him together with Lloyd Shapley. Prof. Roth has been involved in the design of the National Resident Matching Program for U.S. doctors, school choice systems in New York City and Boston, the New England Program for Kidney Exchange and the Market for Gastroenterology Fellows. He is a Sloan fellow, a Guggenheim fellow, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the Econometric Society and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.  

Abstract:

The talk will address recent developments in market design, focusing particularly on kidney exchange, which has begun to flourish in Canada as well as the United States. It will also cover some general lessons that market design teaches us about markets and marketplaces. Finally, the talk will address how some transactions (like selling organs for transplantation) are regarded as repugnant, despite the fact that there are people willing to engage in them.