Friday, May 10, 2013

West Coast Experiments Conference, today

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Here's the program , with links to some of the slides and papers: Agenda: [8:00 - 9:00 am] Continental Breakfast [9:00 - 11:45] ...
Thursday, May 9, 2013

Stephanie Hurder defends her Ph.D. dissertation

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Stephanie Hurder defended her dissertation at Harvard a few days ago. In the modern photoshop fashion, I got included in the post-defense ph...

Tales from the Organ Trade: documentary on kidney black markets

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Tales from the Organ Trade investigates the black market of organ trafficking A documentary filmmaker investigates the organ trade and que...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Nikhil Agarwal defends his Ph.D. dissertation

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Nikhil Agarwal defended his Ph.D. dissertation earlier this week. Two members of his committee, me and Susan Athey, skyped in from Stanford....
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Glenn Cohen on Transplant Tourism: purchasing organ transplants internationally

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Transplant Tourism: The Ethics and Regulation of International Markets for Organs I. Glenn Cohen  Harvard Law School April 20, 2013 ...
Monday, May 6, 2013

UCLA honors Lloyd Shapley, but closes CASSEL

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On Thursday I gave a department seminar at UCLA's department of Economics, and was glad to see this poster of Lloyd Shapley around campu...
Sunday, May 5, 2013

Market culture and salary discussions

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My first academic job, in 1974, was at the University of Illinois, where professors were state employees whose names and salaries appeared (...
Saturday, May 4, 2013

Nobel Museum display

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Olof Somell writes to me from the Nobel Museum in Stockholm: Dear Professor Roth,  I would like to take the opportunity to thank yo...
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Friday, May 3, 2013

Lecture and live webcast on Market design at Stanford GSB, May 3

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For my sins, I'll be speaking at the Stanford GSB Spring Reunions...both virtually and literally . Upcoming Live Webcast Who Gets...
Thursday, May 2, 2013

American Math Monthly reprints Gale and Shapley 1962

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The journal is available on jstor and to members, but here is some of the front material. The paper itself is well worth reading, and I'...
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

The culture of universities (and the importance of hyphens)

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I've blogged before about universities and how university culture interacts with the larger culture. I am reminded of this by a recent...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

How restaurants deal with no-shows

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Here's an article from eater.com with interesting details on the different marketplace institutions being tried to limit no-shows at hig...
Monday, April 29, 2013

Experimental social science conference at Stanford

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West Coast Experiments Conference, May 10, register by May 1... .http://ps-experiments.ucr.edu/conference/western WCE.2013, Stanford Uni...
Sunday, April 28, 2013

Carbon emissions permits are cheap in Europe

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The NY Times has the story:  In Europe, Paid Permits for Pollution Are Fizzling "More important, though, than lost jobs and diminishe...
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Saturday, April 27, 2013

The NY Times debates whether prisoners should be able to donate organs

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Organ Donors Behind Bars DEBATERS The Incarcerated Are Too Vulnerable to Consent LAWRENCE O. GOSTIN, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Update on those Four Harvard students on the economics job market this year (2012-13)

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Back in November I blogged about  Nikhil Agarwal , Stephanie Hurder , Scott Kominers , and   Johanna Mollerstrom    who were on the marke...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Fast company

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Tickets For Apple’s WWDC 2013 Sell Out In Under 2 Minutes, Compared To 2 Hours In 2012 Tickets for Apple’s annual  Worldwide Developer’s...
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The NRMP fills most positions this year

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Here's the NRMP April 2013 post-match press release:  Final NRMP® Residency Match 2013 Results Show 99.4 Percent of Positions Filled
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Skepticism about presumed consent in organ donor registration

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Donate Life California posts a skeptical account of proposals to switch from opt in to opt out:  An Attractive Concept with Unattractive Res...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Gay marriage in France

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Here's the story from the Guardian about what appears to be the end to a contentious transition in France from an illegal, repugnant tra...