Market Design

I post market design related news and items about repugnant markets. See my Stanford profile. I have a forthcoming book : Moral Economics The subtitle is "From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal About How Markets Work."

Showing posts with label reservations. Show all posts

Showing posts with label reservations. Show all posts

Saturday, August 14, 2021

A lottery for antibody treatment, with slots reserved for vulnerable patients

It's always good to see a collaboration between physicians and economists on allocating scarce resources, and here's a case report...

Monday, November 3, 2014

New markets for restaurant reservations

Move over, Open Table. Matt Buchanan has the story in the NY Times: Can You Uber a Burger? "In recent months, as retail rents have...

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Will there soon be large-scale markets for restaurant reservations?

I've been hearing the drumbeat for a while, and here's the NY Times on some new apps that seek to charge for restaurant reservation...

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Why it's hard to get hot restaurant reservations or concert tickets (and why concierges sometimes can)

It turns out you need professional gear to get some reservations: the New Statesman has a report from the front . The Bot Wars: why you c...

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