2009 Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics
Lecture and Conference
Lecture
"The Promise and Problems of Market Design"
Paul Milgrom
(Stanford University)
Market design has become an exciting area of economics research, with many of its findings useful for setting detailed rules in real markets. For matching markets, most proposed designs aim to be "straightforward" - making it a dominant strategy for participants to report information truthfully. But some recent matching and auction designs sacrifice incentive-compatibility conditions to give priority to various other desiderata. The lecture reviewed the goals of market design and the unavoidable trade-offs that are sometimes required, and explored how economists should seek to resolve these trade-offs.
[Presentation - PDF]
[Video courtesy of Steve Goldband]
Conference
"Conference in Honor of Paul Milgrom"
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Friday, November 6, 2009 |
| 8:45-9:00
| Welcome
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| 9:00-10:00
| Vijay Krishna (Pennsylvania State University): Auctions and Information
[Presentation and Bibliography - PDF]
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| 10:00-10:15
| coffee break |
| 10:15-11:15
| Larry Ausubel (University of Maryland): Auctions with Multiple Objects
[Presentation - PDF]
[Bibliography - PDF]
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| 11:15-11:30
| break |
| 11:30-1:00
| Panel Discussion: Market Design.
Moderated by Rakesh Vohra (Northwestern University)
Susan Athey (Harvard University) [Slides]
Preston McAfee (Yahoo! Inc.) [Slides]
Paul Milgrom (Stanford University) [Slides]
Alvin Roth (Harvard University) [Slides]
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| 1:00-2:30
| lunch |
| 2:30-3:30
| Stephen Morris (Princeton University): Trade and Information
[Presentation - PDF]
[Bibliography - PDF]
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| 3:30-4:00
| coffee break |
| 4:00-5:00
| Bengt Holmstrom (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Agency Models
[Presentation - PDF]
[Bibliography - PDF]
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| 5:00-6:00
| John Roberts (Stanford University): Organizational Economics
[Presentation - PDF]
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