I've always been interested in using mathematics to make the world work better. Alvin E. Roth haveinterestmake Change image and share on social
Market design is about understanding the details of markets in sufficient detail so that we can help fix them when they are broken. Alvin E. Roth breakdesigndetail Change image and share on social
In a paper called 'The Economics of Matching: Stability and Incentives,' I showed that there were not any mechanisms that would always both produce a stable matching and make it completely safe for all firms and workers to reveal their true preferences. Alvin E. Roth callcompletelyeconomics share on social
When you're doing kidney transplants, you have to find out who can exchange kidneys with whom, doing blood tests to make sure it's true. You can't just work on the preliminary data. Then you have to organize the logistics. Alvin E. Roth blooddatumexchange share on social
My Ph.D. is in operations research. I was interested in making things work better and using mathematics to help do that. So operations research is what I studied as an undergraduate and graduate student. Alvin E. Roth graduateinterestmake share on social
A lot of people are surprised economists are assisting with kidney exchanges. Exchanges are what economists are good at. Alvin E. Roth assisteconomistexchange Change image and share on social
