Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Talk at Universidad del CEMA

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El Nobel Alvin Roth en UCEMA El miércoles  16 de noviembre  a las 18 h.  Alvin Roth, Nobel de Economía 2012 , brinda...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Should Compensation for Bone Marrow Donors be Legal? a panel discussion in Washington

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If you're at loose ends in DC today:  Should Compensation for Bone Marrow Donors be Legal? It’s a felony to compensate organ donor...
Monday, November 14, 2016

Some unscreened NYC high schools would like to be able to choose the most interested students

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Here's the story from WNYC:  Theme High Schools Long to Find the Most Interested Applicants The story talks about some of NYC's s...
Sunday, November 13, 2016

Interviews in Brazilian newspapers about Who Gets What and Why

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Here are two interviews in connection with the Portuguese translation of Who Gets What and Why. In Folha de S.Paulo: Prêmio Nobel analis...
Saturday, November 12, 2016

Repugnance and state elections...right to die, and marijuana

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Several repugnant transactions became less so (at least they moved from illegal to legal) along with the other results of last Tuesday'...
Friday, November 11, 2016

Designing privacy (differential privacy) at the Institute for Advanced Study

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Differential Privacy Symposium Differential privacy disentangles learning about a dataset as a whole from learning about an indiv...
Thursday, November 10, 2016

2017 CSWEP Junior Mentoring Breakfasts at the Chicago AEA meetings in January

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  The American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession ( CSWEP ) is pleased to announce the...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016

And in other election news...marijuana

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What can I say? It looks like we may need it... Californians Legalize Marijuana in Vote That Could Echo Nationally "California, Mas...
Tuesday, November 8, 2016

What is Happening in Game Theory? in the JEP

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The Fall 2016 Journal of Economic Perspectives contains a Symposium: What is Happening in Game Theory? Game Theory...
Monday, November 7, 2016

Sociology of high frequency trading

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The Journal Economy and Society has a special issue on  Cultures of High-Frequency Trading , which includes the following articles: Cu...
Sunday, November 6, 2016

A seller's guide to the U.S. market for sperm

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The NY Times has some advice for potential sellers... 10 Things to Know About Being a Sperm Donor " Your odds of getting into Har...
Saturday, November 5, 2016

In Britain, National Sperm Bank stops recruiting donors

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The Telegraph has the story: National Sperm Bank stops recruiting donors after just two years "The  National Sperm Bank  (NSB) was ...
Friday, November 4, 2016

Como Funcionam Os Mercados (Portuguese edition of Who Gets What and Why)...

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The Portuguese edition of Who Gets What and Why comes out this week: COMO FUNCIONAM OS MERCADOS Alvin E. Roth Tradução: Isa M...
Thursday, November 3, 2016

La maga de riñones: The kidney conjurer (a poem about kidney exchange by Marisol Robles)

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In kidney exchange, surgeons (and even economists) are important, but transplant coordinators are the hidden heroes and heroines. Here...
Wednesday, November 2, 2016

A (first) three way kidney exchange in New Zealand

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Minister welcomes NZ's first three way kidney exchange RACHEL CLAYTON AND LAURA WALTERS, October 24 2016 "A three-way kidney t...
Tuesday, November 1, 2016

A Catholic priest in Kerala India helps organize kidney transplant chains

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Business of Kidneys: Kerala priest facilitates domino transplants for over fifty patients "Nephrologists at New Delhi's All Indi...
Monday, October 31, 2016

Public appeals for organ donors by patients in Canada

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The Ottawa Sun has the story:  After Eugene Melnyk, transplant surgeons OK public appeals for living organ donors "Eighteen months a...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

Tissue transplants and tissue banks

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Solid organ donation gets more press, but tissue transplants and medical devices made from human tissue are big business. Here's a prof...
Saturday, October 29, 2016

Organ donation in Wales (where registration is now opt out)

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Here's an early, optimistic report: Organ donation rates have risen since the 'opt-out' system was introduced in Wales ...
Friday, October 28, 2016

NBER Market Design meeting at Stanford: Oct 28-9

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Market Design Working Group Meeting Michael  Ostrovsky  and Parag Pathak, Organizers October 28-29, 2016 SIEPR Koret -Taube Co...