New Directions in Market Design

Irene Y. Lo, Michael Ostrovsky, and Parag A. Pathak, Organizers

May 11-12, 2023

Convene, 600 14th St NW in Washington, DC.

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, May 11
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Opening Talk: Alvin Roth, Stanford University and NBER (Video)
9:30 am
Break
9:45 am
Electricity and Renewable Energy Market Design
Overview: Mar Reguant, Northwestern University and NBER (Video)
Viewpoint 1: Martin Bichler, Technical University of Munich (slides) (Video)
Viewpoint 2: Richard O’Neill, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Video)
11:05 am
Market Design for the Environment
Overview: Estelle Cantillon, ULB (slides) (Video)
Viewpoint 1: Rachel Glennerster, University of Chicago and NBER (Video)
Viewpoint 2: William Pizer, Resources for the Future and NBER (Video)
12:25 pm
Lunch discussions
2:00 pm
Market Design in Healthcare
Overview: Benjamin Handel, University of California at Berkeley and NBER (Video)
Viewpoint 1: Mark Miller, Arnold Ventures (Video)
Viewpoint 2: Fanyin Zheng, Columbia University (Video)
3:20 pm
Market Design for Organ Transplantation
Overview: Tayfun Sonmez, Boston College (slides) (Video)
Viewpoint 1: Nikhil Agarwal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER (Video)
Viewpoint 2: Jennifer Erickson, Federation of American Scientists
4:40 pm
Break
5:00 pm
Market Design for Education
Overview: Parag Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER (Video)
Viewpoint 1: Derek Neal, University of Chicago and NBER (Video)
Viewpoint 2: Irene Lo, Stanford University (Video)
6:20 pm
Adjourn
6:45 pm
Group Dinner - JW Marriott, Penn Avenue Terrace
Friday, May 12
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Market Design for Public Housing
Overview: Nathan Hendren, Harvard University and NBER (Video)
Viewpoint 1: Winnie van Dijk, Harvard University and NBER
Viewpoint 2: Mary Cunningham, Urban Institute (Video)
9:50 am
Market Design in Transportation
Overview: Michael Ostrovsky, Stanford University and NBER (Video)
Viewpoint 1: David Shmoys, Cornell University (Video)
Viewpoint 2: Wai Yan Leong, Singapore Land Transport Authority (slides) (Video)
11:10 am
Break
11:30 am
Market Design in Financial Markets
Overview: Haoxiang Zhu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NBER (on leave) and Securities and Exchange Commission (Video)
Viewpoint 1: Eric Budish, University of Chicago and NBER (slides) (Video)
Viewpoint 2: Scott Mixon, CFTC
12:50 pm
Lunch discussions
2:20 pm
Market Design Tools in the Regulation of Online Marketplaces
Overview: Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER (on leave) and Department of Justice (Video)
Viewpoint 1: Preston McAfee, Google (Video)
Viewpoint 2: Michael Schwarz, Microsoft
3:40 pm
Artificial Intelligence and Market Design
Overview: Kevin Leyton-Brown, University of British Columbia (Video)
Viewpoint 1: Hal Varian, Google (Video)
Viewpoint 2: Sven Seuken, University of Zurich (Video)
5:00 pm
Break
5:20 pm
Closing Talk: Paul Milgrom, Stanford University (Video)
5:50 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Group Dinner - JW Marriott, Russell/Hart/Cannon Rooms
Participants