Economics 2099 -- Harvard University -- Fall 2019

Description:

This course explores the theory and practice of market design. Key topics include auctions, labor market matching, school choice programs, online markets, organ exchange systems, financial market design, and matching with contracts. The first half of the course will introduce market design and its technology; subsequent weeks will discuss recent papers alongside their classical antecedents.

Information on Logistics, Requirements, and Readings:

See the course syllabus (posted August 28, 2019).

Enrollment Application:

https://tinyurl.com/2099app19/.

Assignment Deadlines:

A one-paragraph summary of your proposal topic idea will be due on September 29, 2019, and a 1-2 page sketch will be due on November 1, 2019. The final proposal will be due on December 9, 2019 (the last day of Reading Period).

Schedule:

Date	Topic	Guest(s)
September 3, 2019	Introduction/Overview
September 10, 2019	The Market Designer's Toolbox
September 17, 2019	School Choice	Kentaro Tomoeda
September 25, 2019	Organ Allocation	Mohammad Akbarpour
October 1, 2019	Food Supply, Scrip Systems, and Pseudo-Markets
October 8, 2019	Auctions and Generalized Matching	Ravi Jagadeesan
October 15, 2019	Finance, Cryptocurrency, and Blockchain	Ross Rheingans-Yoo
October 22, 2019	Substitutes and Trading Networks
October 29, 2019	Collusion in Markets
November 5, 2019	Markets for Intellectual Property
November 12, 2019	Inequality
November 19, 2019	Refugees, Immigration, and Economic Development	Reshma Hussam
November 26, 2019	New Horizons	TBA
December 3, 2019	Student Talks/Course Wrap

Internal Harvard Website:

https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/60607.

Office Hours Calendar:

https://2099-group.youcanbook.me/. https://scottk.youcanbook.me/.