Market Design for Public Policy

Catalog description

This course introduces students to public policy applications of game theory and market design, including (i) matching algorithms for assignment problems such as school choice, public housing allocation, kidney exchange, refugee resettlement, and labor markets; (ii) auction design for allocation of natural resources, public radio spectrum, emission permits, and government procurement; (iii) platform/exchange design for online markets. (MPA-INTPMN, MPA-ME, MPA-PUBNON, MPA-SOCPOL)