000 01139 a2200169 4500
020 _a9780007583171
082 _a330.0151
_bROT
100 _aRoth, Alvin E.
_944760
245 _aWho gets what and why the hidden world of matchmaking and market design
260 _aLondon
_bWilliam Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.
_c2015
300 _av,260p.
505 _aCONTENTS PART I. MARKETS ARE EVERYWHERE I. 1. Introduction: Every Market Tells a Story 3 2. Markets for Breakfast and Through the Day 15 3. Lifesaving Exchanges 29 PART II. THWARTED DESIRES: HOW MARKETPLACES FAIL 4. Too Soon 57 5. Too Fast: The Greed for Speed 81 6. Congestion: Why Thicker Needs to Be Quicker 101 7. Too Risky: Trust, Safety, and Simplicity 113 PART III. DESIGN INVENTIONS TO MAKE MARKETS SMARTER, THICKER, AND FASTER 8. The Match: Strong Medicine for New Doctors 133 9. Back to School 153 10. Signaling 169 PART IV. FORBIDDEN MARKETS AND FREE MARKETS 11. Repugnant, Forbidden ... and Designed 195 12. Free Markets and Market Design 217 Notes 233 Index 247
600 _944786
890 _aUK
891 _aGENERAL
942 _2ddc
999 _c42356
_d42356