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Who gets what--and why : the new economics of matchmaking and market design / Alvin E. Roth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roth, Alvin E., 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics.
- Matching theory.
- Game theory.
- Markets.
- Game Theory.
- Medical Subjects:
- Economics.
- Game Theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (261 pages.)
- Edition:
- First Mariner books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
- Contents:
- Pt. I. Markets are everywhere. Introduction : every market tells a story ; Markets for breakfast and through the day ; Lifesaving changes
- pt. II. Thwarted desires : how marketplaces fail. Too soon
- Too fast : the greed for speed ; Congestion : why thicker needs to be quicker ; Too risky : trust, safety, and simplicity
- pt. III. Design inventions to make markets smarter, thicker, and faster. The match : strong medicine for new doctors ; Back to school ; Signaling
- pt. IV. Forbidden markets and free markets. Repugnant, forbidden ... and designed ; Free markets and market design.
- Notes:
- "An Eamon Dolan book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780544288393 (electronic bk.)
- 0544288394 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90101469107
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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