Monday, October 21, 2019

Exchange with the right of exclusion--Balbuzanov and Kotowski in Econometrica

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Interesting... Endowments, Exclusion, and Exchange Ivan Balbuzanov, Maciej H. Kotowski ECONOMETRICA: SEP 2019, VOLUME 87, ISSUE 5 Abs...
Sunday, October 20, 2019

Amazon as a safe market-space for Hasidic business-NYT

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The NY Times has the story about how Amazon is a good place to do business, if you don't like to leave home: How Amazon Has Transform...
Saturday, October 19, 2019

Auction of John Nash and Reinhard Selten Nobel medals and memorabilia at Christie's, Oct 25

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Great scholars pass away, and their estates need to put their affairs in order. The auction house Christie's has several lots for sale...
Friday, October 18, 2019

Will IVF become more widely legal in France?

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The Washington Post has the story: Why an IVF bill is the next fault line for the French republic   By Camille Robcis " Since 1994...
Thursday, October 17, 2019

NBER Market Design meeting, Cambridge, October 18-19

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Market Design Working Group Meeting Michael Ostrovsky and Parag A. Pathak, Organizers October 18-19, 2019 NBER Feldstein Conferenc...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Rates of organ donation in countries with presumed consent versus those with explicit consent

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Here's an illuminating figure from the 2018 paper Organ Donation and Transplantation in Canada     Sonya Norris, Legal and Social ...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Kidney Exchange: an opportunity for cooperation in North America: Canadian Transplant Summit

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I'll be speaking tomorrow  at the  2019 Canadian Transplant Summit , giving two talks. In the morning, I'll speak at the Canadian...
Monday, October 14, 2019

Congrats to Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty"

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences  has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 201...

A kidney exchange chain initiated by a deceased donor, in Italy

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  Deceased Donor–initiated Chains First Report of a Successful Deliberate Case and Its Ethical Implications Furian, Lucrezia MD1; Corneli...
Sunday, October 13, 2019

Matching markets @ Simons Institute are multi-disciplinary

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Two recent blog posts at the algorithmic game theory blog Turing's Invisible Hand remark on the multi-disciplinary nature of modern mat...
Saturday, October 12, 2019

Medal of Honor

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Some months ago I bookmarked a piece in the Wall Street Journal, about the Medal of Honor , the U.S. military's highest combat award.  ...
Friday, October 11, 2019

Followup on Robert Kraft: disappearing sex trafficking in Florida

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Vanity Fair has a followup on the widely publicized Florida investigation of sex trafficking that included the arrest of Patriots owner Rob...
Thursday, October 10, 2019

2019 ESA North American Meetings

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The 2019 Economic Science Association (ESA) North American meetings will be held in Los Angeles, California at the campus of Loyola Marymo...
Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Very quick questions and answers about market design and experimental economics--video

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Two minutes of Q&A from my recent visit to Lancaster:
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Transplantation rates for patients in non-profit versus for-profit dialysis centers

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From JAMA,September 10, 2019  Volume 322, Number 10: J::AMA September 10, 2019 Volume 322, Number 10 Association Between Dialysis Facili...
Monday, October 7, 2019

Different misconduct in sperm donation

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One reason it is rewarding to study unregulated markets is that it gives you some idea of why some regulation might be desirable.  The grow...

Ride sharing and shared rides as public transportation: Via

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The ride sharing company in the U.S. that is perhaps closest to a public transportation model is Via , which offers shared rides from near ...