Friday, October 4, 2013

Jeff Ely thinks deeply about dating mechanisms, and beliefs

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The convention in 'speed dating' is that everyone is asked who they would like to meet again, and only if you and someone else bot...
Thursday, October 3, 2013

The Handbook of Market Design

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The Handbook of Market Design , from Oxford University Press, is out (it's been printed), and should be available by the time you read ...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Course allocation at U. Toronto

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U of T students trade cash for seats in full classes University of Toronto students are buying and selling spots in fully-booked courses...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

New Orleans School Choice in the WSJ

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 School choice in New Orleans is the subject of this WSJ story, which focuses on the search for good school places, and how choice helps......
Monday, September 30, 2013

Unravelling in the Business School job market

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The WSJ has a video report Here's the caption:  Top B-School Talent Plucked Before Class Starts Schools try to restrict when co...
Sunday, September 29, 2013

MOOCS: massive online certifiers

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There's an increasing move among companies that offer MOOCs, Massive Online Courses, to also offer certification.  This may be where th...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Organ donation registration on college applications, in India

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Here's the story:  Governor tells V-Cs to offer option for organ donation in college admission forms "In a meeting held recently...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Further unraveling of (combined) college and medical school admissions

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Shenendehowa to offer early medical school acceptance "CLIFTON PARK — A new program that may be the first of its kind in the nation...
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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Study mechanism design online with Jason Hartline

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Jason Hartline writes: Please share the following announcement:    *** Online Self-study on Mechanism Design and Approximation  ***...

Market Design conference(s) in June at Stanford

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Scott Page sends the following email announcement: Dear All, I have exciting news about the 2014 NSF/CEME Decentralization Conference....
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

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

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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...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Matching of cases to federal judges

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From The Federal Judicial Center 's page on  How the Federal Courts Are Organized  FAQ: How are cases assigned to judges?  Each court...
Monday, September 23, 2013

My freshman seminar and Ph.D. class on matching: Fall 2013

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ECON 26N:   Who gets what? The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design Freshman Seminar. What are markets and marketplaces? How d...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Nobel monument inscription ceremony: Columbus Ave and W. 81st Street tomorrow

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I'll be teaching in California and unable to attend, but if you are near the Museum of Natural History at 5PM tomorrow, Sept 23, you c...
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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Golden Goose Award, postscript (and video)

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The Golden Goose Award was fun, in a circle the wagons kind of way, since the Congressmen who support federal funding of science are clear...
Friday, September 20, 2013

Conflicts of interest in caring for candidates for kidney transplants

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Harvey Mysel has posted the following (reproduced in its entirety) here: How Conflicts of Interest Negatively Impacts a Patients Chance...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

David Gale and Lloyd Shapley and I share the Golden Goose Award

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Today I'm in Washington DC to accept The Golden Goose Award made jointly to me, to Lloyd Shapley, who won't be able to attend, and...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Fires and the market for fire fighters

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We are winning our ancient battle against fire: it turns out that fighting fires with fire fighters, and with fire-resistant construction i...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Gibson Lecture at Queen's University in Kingston Ontario

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I'll be speaking today at Queen's University in Kingston What have we learned from market design?  Tuesday, September 17, 2013...
Monday, September 16, 2013

The market for medical schools...

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...is the subject of this Bloomberg news story by Janet Lorin, that focuses on for-profit Caribbean medical schools: DeVry Lures Medical Sc...
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