Friday, January 23, 2015

Compensation for kidney donors; overcoming repugnance, in the Atlantic

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Some more discussion, in The Atlantic: Is There a Moral Way to Fix America's Kidney Shortage? "Legalizing the sales of organs w...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Payday loans

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The NY Times has a discussion of payday loans, and whether and how they might be regulated. (See also my previous posts on payday loans .) ...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Kidney exchange in the UK: Algorithms

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David F. Manlove and Gregg O’Malley. 2015. Paired and Altruistic Kidney Donation in the UK: Algorithms and Experimentation .  J. Exp. Alg...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

The Fellowship Matches in Orthopedic Surgery

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The Journal of Bone and Joint surgery has a new article on the experience of the fellowship matches in orthopedic surgery, many of which s...
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Monday, January 19, 2015

Deceased donation in Italy: a discussion of the complexities

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A thoughtful article on organ donation in Italy, with help from google translate. Nudge, la spinta gentile tirata per la giacchetta ...
Sunday, January 18, 2015

Sally Satel in Forbes on Organ Markets, Sacred Values, and the Power of Information

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Sally Satel, in Forbes, has a recent column about this paper, which was presented at the recent AEA meetings in Boston: Are Attitudes abo...
Saturday, January 17, 2015

The Conference of the Society for Economic Design: Istanbul Bilgi University on July 1-4, 2015

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The Conference of the Society for Economic Design 2015 will take place at Istanbul Bilgi University on July 1-4, 2015 . The plenary speak...
Friday, January 16, 2015

College Admissions as Non-Price Competition: The Case of South Korea

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Chris Avery and Soo Lee and I have a new NBER working paper: College Admissions as Non-Price Competition: The Case of South Korea Chr...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Will suicide remain a crime in India?

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From the NY Times:  India and the Right to Suicide By JERRY PINTO "Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code of 1860, a piece of legisla...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Will medically assisted dying become legal in Britain?

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The Telegraph has the story:  Assisted dying must be legalised, demand key figures "Political leaders must agree a plan to legalis...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

A long non-simultaneous kidney exchange chain in Alabama

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From the University of Alabama at Birmingham: Nation’s Longest Kidney Transplant Chain Reaches 34  "The chain, which began in Dece...
Monday, January 12, 2015

Innovator in Residence organ donation initiative at HHS (job posting)

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is looking to hire an Innovator in Residence to help increase organ donation. Here is the...