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- 2006
- Chapter
Ancient History of Experimental Economics and Social Psychology: Reminiscences and Analysis of a Fruitful Collaboration
By: J. Keith Murnighan and Alvin E. Roth
Murnighan, J. Keith, and Alvin E. Roth. "Ancient History of Experimental Economics and Social Psychology: Reminiscences and Analysis of a Fruitful Collaboration." In Social Psychology and Economics, edited by David de Cremer, J. Keith Murnighan, and Marcel Zeelenberg, 321–333. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.
- June 2008
- Article
Current State of Fellowship Hiring: Is a Universal Match Necessary? Is It Possible?
By: Christopher D. Harner, Anil S. Ranawat, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth, Peter J. Stern, Shepard R. Hurwitz, William Levine, G. Paul DeRosa and Serena S. Hu
Currently, approximately ninety percent of the six hundred twenty graduating orthopaedic residents are planning on entering a post-graduate fellowship. Since January of 2005, two of the largest fellowship match programs, Sports Medicine and Spine Surgery, were...
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Keywords:
Medical Specialties;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Employment;
Market Timing;
Marketplace Matching;
Health Industry
Harner, Christopher D., Anil S. Ranawat, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth, Peter J. Stern, Shepard R. Hurwitz, William Levine, G. Paul DeRosa, and Serena S. Hu. "Current State of Fellowship Hiring: Is a Universal Match Necessary? Is It Possible?" Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: American Volume 90 (June 2008): 1375–1384.
- August 2009
- Article
Market Culture: How Rules Governing Exploding Offers Affect Market Performance
By: Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth
Niederle, Muriel, and Alvin E. Roth. "Market Culture: How Rules Governing Exploding Offers Affect Market Performance." American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 1, no. 2 (August 2009).
- December 2003
- Article
Unraveling Reduces Mobility in a Labor Market: Gastroenterology with and without a Centralized Match
By: Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth
Niederle, Muriel, and Alvin E. Roth. "Unraveling Reduces Mobility in a Labor Market: Gastroenterology with and without a Centralized Match." Journal of Political Economy 111, no. 6 (December 2003): 1342–1352.
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
ideation and idea evaluation. Perceptions of insufficient experimentation with new ways of working also predicted participation. Conclusion: The contest enabled frontline staff to share input and assess input shared by other staff. Our...
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Dina Gerdeman
- Article
How to Use Heuristics for Differential Privacy
By: Seth Neel, Aaron Leon Roth and Zhiwei Steven Wu
We develop theory for using heuristics to solve computationally hard problems in differential privacy. Heuristic approaches have enjoyed tremendous success in machine learning, for which performance can be empirically evaluated. However, privacy guarantees cannot be...
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Neel, Seth, Aaron Leon Roth, and Zhiwei Steven Wu. "How to Use Heuristics for Differential Privacy." Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) 60th (2019).
- 2021
- Working Paper
Kidney Exchange: An Operations Perspective
By: Itai Ashlagi and Alvin E. Roth
Many patients in need of a kidney transplant have a willing but incompatible (or poorly matched) living donor. Kidney exchange programs arrange exchanges among such patient-donor pairs, in cycles and chains of exchange, so each patient receives a compatible kidney....
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Ashlagi, Itai, and Alvin E. Roth. "Kidney Exchange: An Operations Perspective." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28500, February 2021.
- 2007
- Working Paper
Strategy-proofness versus Efficiency in Matching with Indifferences: Redesigning the NYC High School Match
By: Atila Abdulkadiroglu and Alvin E. Roth
Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Parag A. Pathak, and Alvin E. Roth. "Strategy-proofness versus Efficiency in Matching with Indifferences: Redesigning the NYC High School Match." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-076, April 2007.
- September 2006
- Article
Learning in Noisy Games: Partial Reinforcement and the Sustainability of Cooperation
By: Yoella Bereby-Meyer and Alvin E. Roth
Bereby-Meyer, Yoella, and Alvin E. Roth. "Learning in Noisy Games: Partial Reinforcement and the Sustainability of Cooperation." American Economic Review 96, no. 4 (September 2006): 1029–1042.
- Article
If You Are Offered the Right of First Refusal, Should You Accept? An Investigation of Contract Design
By: Brit Grosskopf and Alvin E. Roth
Grosskopf, Brit, and Alvin E. Roth. "If You Are Offered the Right of First Refusal, Should You Accept? An Investigation of Contract Design." Games and Economic Behavior 65, no. 1 (January 2009): 176–204. (Special Issue in Honor of Martin Shubik.)
- May 2005
- Article
The Gastroenterology Fellowship Market: Should There Be a Match?
By: Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth
Niederle, Muriel, and Alvin E. Roth. "The Gastroenterology Fellowship Market: Should There Be a Match?" American Economic Review 95, no. 2 (May 2005): 372–375.
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Books
Predictable Surprises by Max H. Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins Seeing What’s Next by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony, and Erik A. Roth The Keystone Advantage View Details
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608119 Publications Strategy-proofness versus Efficiency in Matching with Indifferences: Redesigning the NYC High School Match Authors: Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Parag A. Pathak, and View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 2008
- Chapter
Matching and Market Design
By: Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth and Tayfun Sonmez
Matching is the part of economics concerned with who transacts with whom and how. Models of matching, starting with the Gale-Shapley deferred acceptance algorithm, have been particularly useful in studying labour markets and in helping design clearinghouses to fix...
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- autumn 1981
- Article
Strike Two: Labor Management Negotiations in Major League Baseball
By: L. M. DeBrock and Alvin E. Roth
DeBrock, L. M., and Alvin E. Roth. "Strike Two: Labor Management Negotiations in Major League Baseball." Bell Journal of Economics 12, no. 2 (autumn 1981): 413–425.
- 2011
- Working Paper
Individual Rationality and Participation in Large Scale, Multi-Hospital Kidney Exchange
By: Itai Ashlagi and Alvin E. Roth
As multi-hospital kidney exchange clearinghouses have grown, the set of players has grown from patients and surgeons to include hospitals. Hospitals have the option of enrolling only their hard-to-match patient-donor pairs, while conducting easily arranged exchanges...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Resource Allocation;
Market Participation;
Marketplace Matching;
Organizations;
Networks;
Motivation and Incentives;
Health Industry
Ashlagi, Itai, and Alvin E. Roth. "Individual Rationality and Participation in Large Scale, Multi-Hospital Kidney Exchange." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 16720, January 2011.
- May 2006
- Article
Late and Multiple Bidding in Second-Price Internet Auctions: Theory and Evidence Concerning Different Rules for Ending an Auction
By: Axel Ockenfels and Alvin E. Roth
Keywords:
Bids and Bidding;
Auctions;
Internet and the Web;
Theory;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Ockenfels, Axel, and Alvin E. Roth. "Late and Multiple Bidding in Second-Price Internet Auctions: Theory and Evidence Concerning Different Rules for Ending an Auction." Games and Economic Behavior 55, no. 2 (May 2006): 297–320.
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
PublicationsThe Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services: An Economic Analysis Authors:Mohammad Arzaghi, Ernst R. Berndt, James C. Davis, and Alvin J. Silk Publication:Review of Marketing Science (forthcoming) Abstract We address a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2009
- Working Paper
Unraveling Results from Comparable Demand and Supply: An Experimental Investigation
By: Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth and M. Utku Unver
Markets sometimes unravel, with offers becoming inefficiently early. Often this is attributed to competition arising from an imbalance of demand and supply, typically excess demand for workers. However this presents a puzzle, since unraveling can only occur when firms...
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Niederle, Muriel, Alvin E. Roth, and M. Utku Unver. "Unraveling Results from Comparable Demand and Supply: An Experimental Investigation." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15006, May 2009.
- August 2008
- Article
The Gastroenterology Fellowship Match: The First Two Years
By: Muriel Niederle, Deborah D. Proctor and Alvin E. Roth
Niederle, Muriel, Deborah D. Proctor, and Alvin E. Roth. "The Gastroenterology Fellowship Match: The First Two Years." Gastroenterology 135, no. 2 (August 2008): 344–346.