Market Design

3 credits · Undergraduate

The course studies how the organization of centrally administered markets affects their performance. Students learn several mechanisms that are currently used, and evaluate their properties. The course has a strong emphasis on applications, e.g., the allocation of students to public schools, interns to hospitals or organ donors to recipients. PREREQUISITES: ECON3700 or MATH 2001 with a minimum grade of C EXCLUSIONS: Econ 5427.03 FORMATS: Lecture