Monday, May 20, 2013

5 Are Convicted in Kosovo Organ Trafficking

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Here's the story from the NY Times:  5 Are Convicted in Kosovo Organ Trafficking "Five people were convicted Monday in Pristina, ...
Sunday, May 19, 2013

An economist goes to a surgery conference: American Transplant Congress, May 18-22

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An unusual thing about giving a talk at a transplant conference is that it comes with a series of pre- (and perhaps post-) announcements...n...
Saturday, May 18, 2013

An Alliance for Paired Donation reception: "Business Attire"

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I got the following invitation by email: I assume that the photograph is to illustrate what is meant by "Business Attire" (so ...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Art and Economics in Fresno

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I received the following, unusual email: I am writing to let you know about my exhibition "ImPOSSIBLE CONVERSATIONS?" at the ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Donate Life California solicits living kidney donors

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Donate Life California Launches Living Donation California "SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 14, 2013 –  Living Donation California  launche...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

14th ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce June 16-20, The University of Pennsylvania

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Here, from David Parkes is the call for participation in the EC conference at Penn in June . Note the deadlines of May 24 for hotels and Ma...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Marginal Revolution: Manhattan meets Disney World

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Tyler Cowen at MR  writes today about this repugnant market, described in the NY Post:  Rich Manhattan moms hire handicapped tour guides so ...

And Minnesota makes 12 (states that have legalized same sex marriage)

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As more states legalize same sex marriage, its status as a repugnant transaction isn't yet history. Minnesota's move was hardly bipa...
Monday, May 13, 2013

Choices of low achieving students in NYC high school choice

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The Institute for Education and Social Policy has a report out on NYC high school choices, and how these differ for high and low achieving ...
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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Looking back at the first year of New Orleans' One App school choice system

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New Orleans families should get their choice list in by the deadline of May 24 (don't wait til the last minute).  In the meantime, the T...
Saturday, May 11, 2013

Ökonomische Ingenieurskunst: interview with Axel Ockenfels and Al Roth

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Johannes Pennekamp  interviews me and Axel Ockenfels on "Economic Engineering"  in the Frankfurter Allgemeine:  Ökonomische Ingeni...
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...