Jun 10 2016
Alvin Roth
George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration, Emeritus
Alvin Roth is the Craig and Susan McCaw Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard University. Alvin Roth has made significant contributions to the fields of game theory, market design and experimental economics, and is known for his emphasis on applying economic theory to solutions for “real-world” problems. In 2012, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Lloyd Shapley “for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design”.
“A respected and renowned Economist”
Alvin Roth has been involved in the reorganisation of the market for Gastroenterology fellows, which started using a clearinghouse in 2006 for positions beginning in 2007. He helped design the high school matching system used in New York City to match approximately ninety thousand students to high schools each year, starting with students entering high school in 2004. He helped redesign the matching system used in Boston Public Schools, adopted for students starting school in September 2006. He is one of the founders and designers of the New England Program for Kidney Exchange, for incompatible patient-donor pairs. He received his Ph.D at Stanford University, and started at Harvard from the University of Pittsburgh, where he was the Andrew Mellon Professor of Economics.[/expand]
Alvin Roth offers his vast experience on market design and matchmaking, which discuss market exchanges that both do and don’t involve money, as well as mutual exchanges. He likes to discuss the unusual market known as the kidney exchange, which is life saving and involves a kind of even trade that doesn’t involve money.[/expand]
Alvin Roth is a stimulating, educational and informative speaker whose qualities and experience are endorsed by his international audiences.[/expand]
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Topics
Experimental Economics
Game Theory
Market Design
Electronic Commerce
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