Speakers

• February 18th

• 1.30-2.30pm
  The Mechanism Design Approach to Student Assignment [paper #1 | paper #2] [slides]
  Parag Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 2.30-2.45pm - Break
• 2.45-3.45pm
  Matching Models versus Mechanism Design for Allocating Indivisible Goods [paper #1 | paper #2] [slides]
  Speaker: Eric Budish, Booth School of Business, Chicago University
  3.45-4.00pm - Discussant: Utku Unver, Boston College [slides]
• 4.00-4.15pm - Break
• 4.15-5.15pm
  Title: Sorting and Factor Intensity: Production and Unemployment across Skills [paper] [slides]
  Speaker: Philipp Kircher, LSE and UPENN (on leave)
• dinner at stained glass for 7.15pm on first night (invite only)

• February 19th

• 9.00 -9.30am continental breakfast
• 9.30-10.30am
  Buyers, Sellers and Middlemen: Variations on Search-Theoretic Themes [paper]
  Speaker: Randall Wright, University of Wisconsin
  10.30-10.45am - Discussant: Jan Eeckhout, University Pompeu Fabra [slides]
• 10.30-10.45am - Break
• 11.00-12.00pm
  Role of Preferences in Matching with Randomization [paper #1] [paper#2] [slides]
  Yeon-Koo Che, Columbia University
  12.00-12.15pm - Discussant: Marek Pycia, UCLA [slides]
• 12.15pm - Lunch

Program

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Organizers

Alp Atakan
Rakesh Vohra

Sponsor

The Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science (CMS-EMS)

Kellogg School of Management
2001 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208