Call for papers: 21st Matching in Practice Workshop, Budapest, December 14-15

 Here's a call for papers for the  21st Matching in Practice Workshop in Budapest in December.

21st Matching in Practice Workshop
December 14 @ 9:00 am - December 15 @ 3:00 pm
"The MiP Workshop is an annual meeting organized by the Matching in Practice network of European researchers working in the research field of Matching Theory and Market Design.

The event has no registration fee, but invitation is needed for attendance. Catering and dinner will be provided to all participants, but the travel and accommodation costs are only covered for the plenary speaker. The host organisation is the Institute of Operations and Decision Sciences, Corvinus University of Budapest.

The plenary talk will be given by Irene Lo (Stanford), and the roundtable discussion will be on school choice.

We call for submissions for 12 selected contributed talks. The deadline for submitting the papers is 12 November, sent in pdf format to peter.biro@uni-corvinus.hu (title: “MiP workshop submission”), decisions will be made on 13 November by the scientific committee. We especially welcome submissions on school choice or other two-sided matching market applications."

Brocher conference on boundaries for incentives in organ donation Oct 27-29 in Geneva

 I'm on my way to the Brocher Foundation, near Geneva, for a conference organized by Swisstransplant (SWT) and the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group (DICG), on

 Constructive dialogue interrogating boundaries for incentives in organ donation  

"The shortage of organs available for transplantation poses a major challenge to healthcare systems. Some proposals aim to introduce incentives to encourage organ donation. This workshop examines the ethical implications of these strategies and discusses acceptable limits for promoting donation while respecting human dignity." 

The International Festival of Economics, in Turin, October 22-25

 The International Festival of Economics will take place in Turin from 22 to 25 October 2026.  I hope to be there to participate in all but the first day. (I'll be speaking on Saturday.)

 The International Festival of Economics 2026

"Following the success of its first four editions, respectively dedicated to The New Generations of the World (2025), Who Owns Knowledge (2024), Rethinking Globalization (2023), and Merit, Diversity and Social Justice (2022), the Festival will return from October 22 to 25 in some of the most beautiful venues in the center of the Piedmontese capital with a new edition titled Saving the Welfare State. In Turin, some of the most authoritative economists and international experts working at the forefront of research on this topic will meet, together with scholars from many other disciplines.

The International Festival of Economics is curated by Editori Laterza and Collegio Carlo Alberto - Torino Local Committee (TOLC) under the scientific direction of Tito Boeri. The event is promoted by the TOLC, which brings together the Piedmont Region, the City of Turin, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Fondazione CRT, the University of Turin, the Polytechnic University of Turin, the Turin Chamber of Commerce, Unioncamere Piemonte, Unione Industriali Torino, and Legacoop, coordinated by the Fondazione Collegio Carlo Alberto.

Collegio Carlo Alberto will be one of the festival's venues, hosting 29 events.

Visit the Festival Website"
 

NBER Market Design Working Group Meeting, tomorrow at Stanford

 Here's the program for the NBER Market Design Working Group Meeting, Fall 2026

I'll be discussing Moral Economics with Canice Prendergast. 

Friday, October 16

8:00 am Continental Breakfast

 

9:00 am Personalized Recommendations Without Inducing Congestion: Mitigating Disparities in the NYC High School Match

Erica Chiang, Cornell University

Nikhil Garg, Cornell University

Jon Kleinberg, Cornell University

Rebecca Lichtenstein, New York City Public Schools

Brielle McDaniel, New York City Public Schools

Kristen O’Neil, New York City Public Schools

Kenny Peng, Cornell University

Eva Tardos, Cornell University

Dejaunique Thomas, New York City Public Schools

Lianna Wright, New York City Public Schools

 

9:45 am Who Gets What in Education: Can School Matching Improve Student Achievement?

Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Duke University and NBER

Parag A. Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Christopher R. Walters, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

 

10:30 am Break

11:00 am Searchable Menus

Piotr Dworczak, Northwestern University

Frank Yang, Stanford University

 

11:45 am Two-Sided Matching with Partial Participation

Avinatan Hassidim, Bar-Ilan University

Assaf Romm, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Ran Shorrer, The Pennsylvania State University

 

12:30 pm Lunch and Conversation with Al Roth about his latest book, "Moral Economics" with Canice Prendergast as Moderator

 

2:30 pm Clearing Multi-Unit Markets with Simple Pricing

Ali Makhdoumi, Duke University

Saša Pekeč, Duke University

Xinchang Wang, Duke University

 

3:15 pm Quota Marketplace: Dynamic Pricing for Efficient Allocation of ML Training Resources

Vasilis Gkatzelis, Drexel University

Renato Paes Leme, Google Research

Ian McFarlane, Google Research

Nehal Mehta, Google Research

Vahab Mirrokni, Google Research

Balasubramanian Sivan, Google Research

Mihai Tiuca, Google Research

Amin Vahdat, Google Research

Soheil Hassas Yeganeh, Google Research

 

4:00 pm Break

 

4:30 pm One-Shot Pricing for Hands-Off-the-Wheel Advertising Markets

Emerson Melo, Indiana University

Matthew Shum, California Institute of Technology

Rakesh Vohra, University of Pennsylvania

 

5:15 pm Paying for Information, Not for Clicks: A Block-Level Publisher Content Marketplace for AI Answers

Markus Mobius, Microsoft Research

Nicole Immorlica, Microsoft Research

Oliver Kiss, Spreadmonitor

Brendan Lucier, Microsoft Research

Ishan Mahajan, Microsoft Research

Jingyi Qiu, University of Michigan School of Information

Tanya Rosenblat, University of Michigan

David M. Rothschild, Microsoft Research

Andras Sari, Central European University

Colin Watson, Microsoft Research

6:30 pm Group Dinner 

 

Saturday, October 17

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Screening for Usage

Justin Hadad, Stanford University

Kyle Woodward, Assign Group

 

9:45 am

Pricing the Right to Renege in Search Markets: Evidence from Trucking

Richard Faltings, University of California, San Diego

 

10:30 am

Break

 

11:00 am

Competition and Welfare in Airport Slot Allocation

Sebastian D. Bauer, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

11:45 am

Road Pricing under Heterogeneity

Itai Ater, Tel Aviv University

Brad Ross, University of Pennsylvania

Adi Shany, Tel Aviv University

Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER

 

12:30 pm

Boxed Lunch and Adjourn

International Workshop on Bounded Rationality In honour of Professor Reinhard Selten. Poznań, 5 October 2026

 On what would have been his 96th birthday, a hybrid (in person and online) conference in honor of the late Reinhard Selten.

 Here's the announcement: 

International Workshop on Bounded Rationality In honour of Professor Reinhard Selten – the man who changed the way we think about rationality,   Poznań, 5 October 2026 

Poznań University of Economics and Business – Hybrid event (on-site and online)

Dear Researchers, Doctoral Students and Students,

It is our great pleasure to invite you to a unique International Workshop on Bounded Rationality, held in honour of Professor Reinhard Selten – Nobel Laureate in Economics, co-founder of experimental economics and game theory, and a man deeply connected with Poznań, where he lived and passed away.

The event will take place on 5 October 2026, exactly on the day Professor Selten would have celebrated his 96th birthday. This is a perfect opportunity to pay tribute to his remarkable scientific legacy and to draw inspiration from his approach to the study of human rationality.

The event is held under the honorary patronage of the Rector of Poznań University of Economics and Business.

Why should you attend?

• Outstanding speakers from around the world – including Prof. Rosemarie Nagel, Prof. Eyal Winter, Prof. Daniel Friedman, Prof. Werner Güth, Prof. Eric Guerci, Prof. Ido Erev, Prof. Vincent Crawford, Prof. Axel Ockenfels, Prof. Tibor Neugebauer and Prof. Karim Sadrieh.
• Current research directions in bounded rationality – from game theory, through experimental economics, to behavioural finance.
• A unique atmosphere – the workshop combines an on-site session in Poznań with online sessions, enabling participants from all over the world to take part.
• Honouring Professor Selten’s legacy – his work continues to inspire researchers to push the boundaries of traditional economics.

A few words about the programme

The workshop is divided into three sessions:

• Morning session– chaired by Prof. Marcin Anholcer. Speakers include Prof. Tibor Neugebauer, Prof. Rosemarie Nagel, Prof. Eyal Winter and Prof. Karim Sadrieh.
• Afternoon session– chaired by Prof. Krzysztof Malaga. Talks will be given by, among others, Prof. Daniel Friedman, Prof. Werner Güth and Prof. Eric Guerci.
• Final session– chaired by Prof. Tibor Neugebauer. Speakers include Prof. Ido Erev and Prof. Vincent Crawford.

Each scientific talk lasts 30 minutes. The full programme is presented below.

Workshop programme

All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Morning session – chaired by Prof. Marcin Anholcer (Poznań University of Economics and Business)

• 9:55 – Opening words · Prof. Marcin Anholcer, Vice-Rector for Scientific Research
• 10:00 – Prof. Tibor Neugebauer (University of Luxembourg)
  Reinhard Selten’s Life and Bounded Rationality
• 10:30 – Prof. Rosemarie Nagel (Universitat Pompeu Fabra & ICREA, Barcelona)
  Understanding Human Behavior and Games through Similarity. And how Selten Led Me to 2×2 Games
• 11:00 – Prof. Eyal Winter (Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Lancaster University)
  Spillover Effects Across Interactive Environments and Social Pollution
• 11:30 – Prof. Karim Sadrieh (University of Magdeburg)
  Selten’s Impulse Balance Equilibrium: a literature survey and a numerical approach
• 12:00 – Lunch & informal discussion

Afternoon session – chaired by Prof. Krzysztof Malaga (Poznań University of Economics and Business)

• 14:15 – Prof. Daniel Friedman (University of California, Santa Cruz)
  Evolving Overconfident Managers
• 14:45 – Prof. Werner Güth (Max Planck Institute for Research on Behavioral Economics, Bonn)
  (Un)Absorbability of Behavioral Decision Theory — Ideal or Warning —
• 15:15 – Prof. Eric Guerci (Université Côte d’Azur, Nice)
  Learning to Forecast: A lab-in-the-field experiment with finance professionals
• 15:45 – Break
• 15:45 – Prof. Axel Ockenfels (University of Cologne & Max Planck Institute for Research on Behavioral Economics, Bonn)
  Personal address

Final session – chaired by Prof. Tibor Neugebauer

• 16:00 – Prof. Ido Erev (Technion — Israel Institute of Technology)
  The Coexistence of Under-Investment and Under-Diversification
• 16:30 – Prof. Vincent Crawford (University of Oxford & UC San Diego)
  Strategic Thinking

Online participation – how to join?

The workshop can be followed free of charge online via the Zoom platform. Participants from all over the world are warmly welcome!

Zoom meeting link:
https://ue-poznan-pl.zoom.us/j/92747785836?pwd=9rDmnm33aD2YJeWNGZPmIkMghNYjpQ.1

Meeting chat link:
https://ue-poznan-pl.zoom.us/launch/jc/92747785836

Meeting ID: 927 4778 5836
Access code: 115438

Start time: 5 October 2026, 8:45 AM Warsaw time