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PA - C7 - ECO566 : Market Design

Domaine > Economie.

Descriptif

In many problems of resource allocation, using the price system may encounter practical, legal, or ethical objections. In this course, we consider economic allocation problems in which traditional markets with the price system would not function properly, or even not exist, and study how to design allocation systems in which desirable properties, such as efficiency, stability, and/or strategy-proofness are satisfied.

We first study the main concepts illustrated in Roth (2015) “Who Gets What – and Why: The New Economics of matchmaking and Market Design,” along with the two main subfields: Matching Theory and Auction Theory. Students are expected to be quickly familiar with the theoretical concepts which are useful to analyze market design, and with the applications to a various kind of economic allocation problems.

The climax of the course will be a ‘pitch’ given by each student. A proposal based on an original idea of market design should be presented, using the analytical tools learned during the course. By the end, students are expected to be confident in applying the concepts acquired in the course to practical examples of market design.

Intensive participation is required. Missing one of the following would simply end up with a fail: (i) presentation of a chapter of Roth’s book, (ii) giving a pitch, (iii) handing out a report on your pitch, and (iv) attending all presentations of your classmates.

 

References:

  • A. Roth (2015) “Who Gets What – and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design” HMH
  • A. Roth and M. Sotomayer (1989) “Two-Sided Matching Markets” Cambridge U. Press
  • P. Milgrom (2004) “Putting Auction Theory to Work” Cambridge U. Press

 

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