Vanderbilt market design conference

Vandebilt hosted a market design conference this past weekend:
Vanderbilt Market Design Conference April 7-8, 2018

Saturday, April 7

Opening Remarks 8:15-8:30 am. John Weymark (Vanderbilt University)

Session 1 8:30 - 10:00 am. Chair: Myrna Wooders (Vanderbilt University)

• "The Design of Teacher Assignment: Theory and Evidence," Julien Combe (University College London), Olivier Tercieux* (Paris School of Economics), and Camille Terrier (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• "Information Acquisition and Provision in School Choice: An Experimental Study," Yan Chen* (University of Michigan) and Yinghua He (Rice University)

Coffee Break 10:00 - 10:20 am

Session 2 10:20 - 11:50 am. Chair: Greg Leo (Vanderbilt University)

• "Manipulability and Tie-Breaking in Constrained School Choice," Benoit Decerf (University of Namur) and Martin Van der Linden* (Utah State University)
• "Financial Aid in College Admissions: Need-Based versus Merit-Based," Eun Jeong Heo (Vanderbilt University)

Lunch 11:50 am - 1:10 pm

Session 3 1:10 - 3:25 pm. Chair: Eun Jeong Heo (Vanderbilt University)

• "Minimizing Justified Envy in School Choice: The Design of New Orleans' OneApp," Atila Abdulkadiroglu* (Duke University), Yeon-Koo Che (Columbia University), Parag A. Pathak (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Alvin E. Roth (Stanford University), and Olivier Tercieux (Paris School of Economics)
• "Top Trading Cycles in Prioritized Matching: An Irrelevance of Priorities in Large Markets," Yeon-Koo Che* (Columbia University) and Olivier Tercieux (Paris School of Economics)
• "(Il)legal Assignments in School Choice," Lars Ehlers* (University of Montreal) and Thayer Morrill (North Carolina State University)

Coffee Break 3:25 - 3:45 pm

Session 4 3:45 - 5:15 pm. Chair: Antonio Nicolo (University of Padova and University of Manchester)

• "Optimal Dynamic Matching," Mariagiovanna Baccara (Washington University in St. Louis), SangMok Lee* (Washington University in St. Louis), and Leeat Yariv (Princeton University)
• "Dynamic Refugee Matching," Tommy Andersson* (Lund University), Lars Ehlers (University of Montreal), and Alessandro Martinello (Lund University)

Sunday, April 8

Session 5 8:30 - 10:00 am. Chair: Olivier Tercieux (Paris School of Economics)

• "Strategy-Proofness, Investment Efficiency, and Marginal Returns: An Equivalence," John William Hatfield* (University of Texas, Austin), Fuhito Kojima (Stanford University), and Scott Duke Kominers (Harvard University)
• "Matching with Partners and Projects," Antonio Nicolo* (University of Padova and University of Manchester), Arunava Sen (Indian Statistical Institute), and Sonal Yadav (University of Padova)

Coffee Break 10:00 - 10:20 am

Session 6 10:20 - 11:50 am. Chair: Tommy Andersson (Lund University)

• "Fair Matching under Constraints," Yuichiro Kamada (University of California, Berkeley) and Fuhito Kojima* (Stanford University)
• "Effcient and Incentive-Compatible Liver Exchange," Haluk Ergin (University of California, Berkeley), Tayfun Sonmez (Boston College), and M. Utku Unver* (Boston College)