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RESEARCH ON MARKET DESIGN

Economists to discuss design of markets in a variety of settings

WHAT: Economists to discuss the design of online and offline markets in a variety of settings.

WHO:

• Yeon-Koo Che (Columbia University, Organizer), Kelvin J. Lancaster Professor of Economics & Executive Director, Program for Economic Research (PER)
• Mohammad Akbarpour (Stanford)
• Ben Brooks (University of Chicago)
• Juan Carlos Carbajal (University of New South Wales)
• Alfred Galichon (New York University)
• Yinghua He (Rice University)
• Nicole Immorlica (Microsoft Research)
• Jacob Leshno (Columbia University)
• Josh Mollner (Northwestern University)
• Ran Shorrer (Penn State University)
• Philipp Strack (UC Berkeley)
• Olivier Tercieux (Paris School of Economics)
• Narita Yusuke (Yale University)
• Guillaume Haeringer (Baruch College)
• Jay Sethuraman (Columbia University)
• José Montiel Olea (Columbia University)
• Yash Kanoria (Columbia University)
• Xiaosheng Mu (Harvard University)
• Qingmin Liu (Columbia University)

WHEN:  April 13-14, 2018

WHERE:  Deutsches House, Columbia University

SPONSORS:  Program for Economic Research (PER), Market Design Initiative, Microeconomic Theory Initiative (MTI)

REGISTRATION:  Space is limited.  For more information and to register for this event, please visit: https://econ.columbia.edu/event/market-design-conference/

DETAILS: The conference features frontier research on designing and improving markets and resource allocation methods, with applications ranging from school choice, labor market matchings, internet platform designs, auctions, to bitcoin block-chains.

 About the Department of Economics

The Department of Economics offers a general economics major, in addition to five interdisciplinary majors structured to suit the interests and professional goals of a heterogeneous student body.  All of the undergraduate programs have different specific requirements but share the common structure of core theoretical courses that provide the foundation for higher-level elective courses culminating in a senior seminar.  Graduate students receive training within an outstanding research environment, supported by members of faculty who are leading research in their fields.

In 2017, the Department offered 42 undergraduate courses.  A total of 4765 students were enrolled, 742 in the Department’s majors.  The M.A. program provides a technical and rigorous approach to the study of economics.  In addition, the doctoral program receives approximately 1,000 applications each year for an incoming class of roughly 25 students.  The Department has played a prominent role in the development of economic thought.  It will continue to through its faculty and students, and contribute to a better understanding of economic activities and the elaboration of policy.