Alvin E. Roth

Dept. of Economics, Stanford University

Landau Economics Building

579 Serra Mall

STANFORD, CA 94305-6072

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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1.

Social Media and Job Market Success: A Field Experiment on Twitter

Number of pages: 106 Posted: 20 May 2024 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2025
Jingyi Qiu, Yan Chen, Alain Cohn, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
University of Michigan, School of Information, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Information, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Information and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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social media, academic job market, field experiment

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The Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks

Number of pages: 108 Posted: 20 Mar 2001
Christopher Avery, Christine Jolls, Christine Jolls, Richard A. Posner, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Yale Law School, University of Chicago Law School and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Aug 2003
Dan Ariely, Axel Ockenfels, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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The New Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks

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The New Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks

University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 122, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 345
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 31 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2012
Christopher Avery, Christine Jolls, Christine Jolls, Richard A. Posner, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Yale Law School, University of Chicago Law School and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Judicial clerkships, judges

The New Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks

NBER Working Paper No. w13213
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 09 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2022
Christopher Avery, Christine Jolls, Christine Jolls, Richard A. Posner, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Yale Law School, University of Chicago Law School and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Ethical Payment to Participants in Human Infection Challenge Studies, with a Focus on SARS-CoV-2: Report and Recommendations

Number of pages: 116 Posted: 16 Aug 2020
Holly Fernandez Lynch, Thomas Darton, Emily Largent, Jae Levy, Frank McCormick, Ubaka Ogbogu, Ruth Payne, Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth, Akilah Jefferson Shah and Thomas Smiley
Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, University of Sheffield - Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine, Independent, Bank of America, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, University of Sheffield, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - College of Medicine and Independent
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human infection challenge study, challenge trial, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, coronavirus, research, payment

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The Dynamics of Law Clerk Matching: An Experimental and Computational Investigation of Proposals for Reform of the Market

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 09 Oct 2001
Ernan Haruvy, Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth and M. Utku Ünver
McGill University, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University and Boston College - Department of Economics
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Law clerks, Market design, Experiments

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Late and Multiple Bidding in Second Price Internet Auctions: Theory and Evidence Concerning Different Rules for Ending an Auction

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Aug 2003
Axel Ockenfels, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Stability vs. No Justified Envy

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 01 Apr 2020
Assaf Romm, Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth and Ran I. Shorrer
Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University and Pennsylvania State University
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Stability, no justified envy, fairness

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Combining a Theoretical Prediction with Experimental Evidence

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 26 Mar 2008
Ido Erev, Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth, Robert Slonim and Greg Barron
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology - William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University, Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
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Repugnance as a Constraint on Markets

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Repugnance as a Constraint on Markets

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Nov 2006
Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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repugnance, market design, organ transplants, kidney exchange

Repugnance as a Constraint on Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w12702
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2022
Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in Markets with Compatibility-Based Preferences

American Economic Review, Vol. 97, No. 3, 2007
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 Oct 2008
Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth, Tayfun Sonmez and M. Utku Ünver
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University, Boston College and Boston College - Department of Economics
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Unraveling Results from Comparable Demand and Supply: An Experimental Investigation

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Unraveling Results from Comparable Demand and Supply: An Experimental Investigation

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 May 2009
Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth and M. Utku Ünver
Stanford University - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University and Boston College - Department of Economics
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matching, unraveling, experiments, market design, labor demand and supply

Unraveling Results from Comparable Demand and Supply: An Experimental Investigation

NBER Working Paper No. w15006
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth and M. Utku Ünver
Stanford University - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University and Boston College - Department of Economics
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Last Minute Bidding and the Rules for Ending Second-Price Auctions: Theory and Evidence from a Natural Experiment on the Internet

NBER Working Paper No. w7729
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 12 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2022
Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth and Axel Ockenfels
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University and Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
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Kidney Exchange

NBER Working Paper No. w10002
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 28 Sep 2003 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2022
Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth, Tayfun Sonmez and M. Utku Ünver
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University, Boston College and Boston College - Department of Economics
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Market Design: Understanding Markets Well Enough to Fix Them When They’re Broken

American Economic Association, Ten Years and Beyond: Economists Answer NSF's Call for Long-Term Research Agendas
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 09 Aug 2011
Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Unraveling Yields Inefficient Matchings: Evidence from Post-Season College Football Bowls

Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 890461
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 29 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2008
Guillaume R. Fréchette, Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth and M. Utku Ünver
New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University and Boston College - Department of Economics
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Two-Sided Matching, Unraveling, Assortative Matching, Efficiency, College Football

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Auctions of Homogeneous Goods with Increasing Returns: Experimental Comparison of Alternative Dutch Auctions

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Feb 2005
Elena Katok, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
University of Texas at Dallas and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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multiunit auctions, procurement auctions, supply chain management, experimental economics

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What Have We Learned from Market Design?

NBER Working Paper No. w13530
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2022
Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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WHO Says Countries Should Be Self-Sufficient In (Unremunerated) Organs And Blood

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2024-58 , Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2024-26
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 26 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2025
Kimberly D. Krawiec, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
University of Virginia School of Law and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Individual Rationality and Participation in Large Scale, Multi-Hospital Kidney Exchange

NBER Working Paper No. w16720
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 31 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2023
Itai Ashlagi, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Stanford University - Department of Management Science & Engineering and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Marketplace Institutions Related to the Timing of Transactions

NBER Working Paper No. w16556
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2023
Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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The Redesign of the Matching Market for American Physicians: Some Engineering Aspects of Economic Design

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The Redesign of the Matching Market for American Physicians: Some Engineering Aspects of Economic Design

NBER Working Paper No. w6963
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 12 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2022
Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth and Elliott Peranson
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University and National Matching Services, Inc.
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The Redesign of the Matching Market for American Physicians: Some Engineering Aspects of Economic Design

Posted: 08 Nov 1999
Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth and Elliott Peranson
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University and National Matching Services, Inc.

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Criminal, Legal, and Ethical Kidney Donation and Transplantation: A Conceptual Framework to Enable Innovation

Transplant International 35:10551. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10551 (2022), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2022-43, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2022-12, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 573
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 27 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2022
Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth, Ignazio R. Marino, Kimberly D. Krawiec and Michael Rees
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University, Thomas Jefferson University, University of Virginia School of Law and University of Toledo Medical Center
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kidney disease, transplantation, organs, black markets, trafficking, kidney exchange, Iran

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Changing the Boston School Choice Mechanism

NBER Working Paper No. w11965
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 13 Apr 2006 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2022
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth and Tayfun Sonmez
Duke University - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University and Boston College
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The Need for (Long) Chains in Kidney Exchange

NBER Working Paper No. w18202
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 07 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2023
Itai Ashlagi, David Gamarnik, Michael Rees, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Stanford University - Department of Management Science & Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), affiliation not provided to SSRN and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Deferred Acceptance Algorithms: History, Theory, Practice, and Open Questions

NBER Working Paper No. w13225
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 03 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2022
Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Pairwise Kidney Exchange

NBER Working Paper No. w10698
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2022
Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth, Tayfun Sonmez and M. Utku Ünver
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University, Boston College and Boston College - Department of Economics
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Don't Take 'No' for an Answer: An Experiment with Actual Organ Donor Registrations

NBER Working Paper No. w20378
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 18 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2023
Judd B. Kessler, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Market Culture: How Norms Governing Exploding Offers Affect Market Performance

NBER Working Paper No. w10256
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 31 Jan 2004 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2022
Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Stanford University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market

NBER Working Paper No. w11402
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth, Tayfun Sonmez and M. Utku Ünver
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University, Boston College and Boston College - Department of Economics
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Organ Allocation Policy and the Decision to Donate

NBER Working Paper No. w17324
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 04 May 2023
Judd B. Kessler, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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The Effects of a Centralized Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices

NBER Working Paper No. w13529
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2022
Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Stanford University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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The Collapse of a Medical Clearinghouse (and Why Such Failures are Rare)

NBER Working Paper No. w9467
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 02 Feb 2003 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2022
C. Nicholas McKinney, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Stanford University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Unraveling Reduces the Scope of an Entry Level Labor Market: Gastroenterology with and Without a Centralized Match

NBER Working Paper No. w8616
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Nov 2001 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2022
Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Stanford University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Kidney Exchange: An Operations Perspective

NBER Working Paper No. w28500
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 17 May 2023
Itai Ashlagi, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Stanford University - Department of Management Science & Engineering and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Strategy-Proofness Versus Efficiency in Matching with Indifferences: Redesigning the New York City High School Match

NBER Working Paper No. w14864
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2022
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Duke University - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Matching with Couples: Stability and Incentives in Large Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w16028
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 04 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2023
Fuhito Kojima, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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College Admissions as Non-Price Competition: The Case of South Korea

NBER Working Paper No. w20774
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2023
Christopher Avery, Soohyung Lee, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of Maryland - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Minimizing Justified Envy in School Choice: The Design of New Orleans' Oneapp

NBER Working Paper No. w23265
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2023
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Yeon-Koo Che, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth and Olivier Tercieux
Duke University - Department of Economics, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University and Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE)
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Market Design and Maintenance

NBER Working Paper No. w31947
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Dec 2023
Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University
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Strategyproofness Versus Efficiency in Matching with Indifferences: Redesigning the NYC High School Match

Harvard PON Working Paper No. 959938
Posted: 30 Jan 2007
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Duke University - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University

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Unraveling Reduces Mobility in a Labor Market: Gastroenterology with and Without a Centralized Match

Posted: 04 Feb 2004
Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth and Alvin E. Roth
Stanford University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University

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Turnaround Time and Bottlenecks in Market Clearing: Decentralized Matching in the Market for Clinical Psychologists

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 105, No. 2, April 1997
Posted: 23 Apr 1997
Alvin E. Roth, Alvin E. Roth and Xiaolin Xing
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Dept. of Economics, Stanford University and National University of Singapore (NUS)

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