Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Kidney transplantation in Nepal

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From (the blog) The Kidney Doctor , comes these remarks and links on kidney transplantation in Nepal. They surely apply to other countries ...
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Ashlagi and Shi on community cohesion in school choice

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Itai Ashlagi and Peng Shi have a paper motivated by some of the recent discussions of school choice in Boston: Improving Community Cohesi...
Monday, September 2, 2013

Sex trafficking from Nepal to India

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This story from the NY Times reports on sex trafficking in which at least some women are kidnapped and involuntarily sold to brothels:  Wom...
Sunday, September 1, 2013

NBER Market Design conference at Stanford, Oct 25 (and 26)

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Below is the announcement, from Susan Athey and Parag Pathak. Although the conference is at Stanford, I won't be able to attend becaus...
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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Double blind reviewing

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"Double blind reviewing" is the practice in some academic journals of not only concealing the reviewers' identities from the ...
Friday, August 30, 2013

Fading repugnance watch: Marijuana and same sex marriage

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Two stories in yesterday's NY Times were about repugnant transactions that are in the process of becoming less repugnant: U.S. Says I...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Wagaroo update: designing a mechanism to identify responsible sources for pet dogs

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In February, Christine Exley, a graduate student in economics at Stanford, introduced us to Wagaroo , a new market for pets, here . Since ...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Tourism pricing at the Jaipur observatory

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Here's the price list... And well worth it, to see a sculpture garden of assorted sundials of varying sophistication:
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Why it's hard to reimburse non-directed kidney donors for their travel costs

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A letter to the editor of the American Journal of Transplantation: To the Editor: We are responding to the Melcher et al. [1] article, w...
Monday, August 26, 2013

The multiple organ recipient who is also an organ donor...

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...and a doctor, and a transplant activist. Here's a remarkable story about Allison John, who needed so many organs that it was easiest...
Sunday, August 25, 2013

A Mentor of Market Designers

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Here's an interview with Eduardo Azevedo about being my student: I just came across it recently. I'm proud of him too.   The Mentor...
Saturday, August 24, 2013

Organ donation in Britain: will it follow Israel's lead?

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The idea of encouraging people to register as organ donors by giving some priority to registered donors for receiving organs should they nee...
Friday, August 23, 2013

When assortative matching on age can interfere with matching

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Here's an article addressed to the shidduchim crisis , that leaves some orthodox Jewish women without a husband. The article highlights...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

Bollywood support for organ-donor registration in India

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A Bollywood film and its cast promote deceased organ donation: Ship of Theseus carries message about organ donation Read more: http://www...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Signaling that you're not a business traveller by committing to a mixed strategy

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Airlines like to price-discriminate against business travellers and others whose trips are non-discretionary. So, how to identify the leisur...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Recruiting through social networks like LinkedIn

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The Washington Post talks about how networking sites like LinkedIn are changing recruiting practices for the already employed:  How LinkedIn...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Ten kidney exchange transplants on World Kidney Day in Ahmedabad, India

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Here's the link : Clinical Studies Ten kidney paired donation transplantation on World Kidney Day 2013: raising awareness and ti...
Sunday, August 18, 2013

Farmers in India petition to be allowed to sell organs

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I (would like to) assume that this story from India only concerns sale of live kidneys for transplantation, but it isn't completely clea...
Saturday, August 17, 2013

Experimental Economics at the Stanford SITE workshop: Aug 23-25 2013

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I will be in India, but it looks like I'll be missing a great conference . Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics Summer...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Law firm hiring bonuses for supreme court clerks

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Above the Law has the story : It’s Official: Supreme Court Clerkship Bonuses Hit A New High By  DAVID LAT There hasn’t been much majo...
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