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Alex Chan @alex8chan.bsky.social · 1d

Back at #Tucson for #ESA conference!! It’s going to be 🤩! Can’t wait to see everyone! PLUG: stop by tomorrow (😇😇 Friday 10am for the AI session at Ocotillo), I want your feedback and thoughts on my new work on Explainable AI #XAI #interpretability

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 14d

(In)Citeful economists
#econsky #academicsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/09/cita...

Citation laureates in Economics: Autor & Katz, Bertrand & Mullainathan, and Bloom

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Alex Chan @alex8chan.bsky.social · 20d

Had a fantastic time at the Econ Dept @universitetsmuseet.bsky.social Loved the thoughtful and open culture, and it was a joy to share/debut my work on preferences for #XAI explainable AI. And yes — I even caught sunny Bergen, so clearly I was spoiled ☀️🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴

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Alex Chan @alex8chan.bsky.social · 20d

Truly amazed by the inspiring culture at @lusemlu.bsky.social — such a warm and engaging department! Thrilled to share my work on opt-in/opt-out, and I can’t wait to visit @lund-university.bsky.social again soon!! 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

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Alex Chan @alex8chan.bsky.social · Aug 7

HT: @stanfordimpactlabs.bsky.social

Alex Chan @alex8chan.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚨 Live from Stanford! 🚨 @alroth.bsky.social at the APKD Palo Alto Summit on Extending Kidney Exchange. Incredible progress happening in #India, #Brazil & beyond on kidney & liver exchange, plus donor-initiated chains.

Huge developments —the future is saving more lives. #KidneyExchange

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Alex Chan @alex8chan.bsky.social · Aug 5

R.I.P. Peter Temin - besides his well known work in economic history he has also contributed to pharmaceutical market design “Nationally, if we keep the current structure, in 50 years only hedge fund managers will be able to afford prescription drugs.”

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Alex Chan @alex8chan.bsky.social · Aug 5

North Dakota offers a rare natural experiment in #pharmacy #marketdesign/competition: no Walgreens/CVS, and min #PBM vertical integration. A 1963 law fostered decentralized mkt shaping 💊 access. A counterfactual worth watching.

Interviewed by @TheHustle thehustle.co/originals/th...

The only state without a Walgreens pharmacy

Many independent pharmacies are in turmoil throughout the US. But a unique law has made North Dakota a haven for mom-and-pop operators.

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Mitch Watt @mitchwatt.bsky.social · Aug 4

Excited to have my first paper appearing soon in REStud - five years in the making! Paul Milgrom and I show how to extend Walrasian mechanisms to nonconvex markets - with only one additional parameter needed to assure existence.

Also Paul’s first REStud paper, if you can believe it!

The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · Aug 4

In their paper, recently accepted to #REStud, Milgrom & Watt @MitchLWatt introduce “Walrasian markup mechanisms”—feasible, nearly efficient, and nearly incentive compatible mechanisms for nonconvex markets using linear prices.

www.restud.com/a-walrasian-...

#econsky

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Alex Teytelboym @t8el.bsky.social · Jul 29

The @nytimes.com says: "The Bull Market for Economists Is Over." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b....

But Oxford Econ Dept & Nuffield College continue to offer their prestigious 3-year postdoc in economics! 👏 🎯

Deadline 🚨 30 September 🚨 to get offer by Xmas 🎄: economics.web.ox.ac.uk/nuffield-pos...

Nuffield Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Deadline: Tuesday, 30 September 2025

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · Jul 20

The NYT reports this morning on some cases in which Organ Procurement Organizations reportedly pressured hospitals prematurely to declare the death of potential donors.
#medicine #transplants
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/07/orga...

Organ donation after circulatory death: the NYT recounts some disturbing cases

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · Jul 20

National Ice Cream Day 2025 is being celebrated today—Sunday, July 20! It’s the third Sunday of July, officially designated by President Ronald Reagan

www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/16/n...

National Ice Cream Day is Sunday, July 20: These Bay Area shops are offering deals, new flavors

Holiday has been celebrated on the third Sunday of each July since 1984

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Science Magazine @science.org · Jul 18

Colossal Biosciences has announced it is exploring ways to revive the moa, which went extinct some 600 years ago. But the company’s suggestion that the project has the support of New Zealand’s Indigenous Māori groups has stirred controversy.

Effort to revive New Zealand’s extinct moa stirs controversy

Suggestions that nation’s Indigenous Māori wholeheartedly back project draws criticism

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · Jul 18

A first-in-kind case shows successful on-table reanimation of a pediatric heart from donation after circulatory death, offering a promising method to expand the donor pool for infants awaiting heart transplants. Read the full report: nej.md/4nVvVky

#MedSky #Surgery #CardioSky

Brief Report
On-Table Reanimation of a Pediatric Heart from Donation after Circulatory Death

Illustration of human heart on on-table reanimation circuit with a left ventricular vent in place.

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · Jul 17

Great opportunity for market designers. Join University of Mannheim and #ZEW as a Professor of Market Design if you fit the profile: outstanding research, especially on auction or matching markets, experience in policy advice and leadership of teams
inomics.com/job/professo...

Professor of Economics, Market Design (W3) | INOMICS

In a joint appointment process, the Department of Economics at the School of Law and Economics at the University of Mannheim and the ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim are...

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · Jul 11

Market design search in Vienna
#econsky #academicsky #cs #marketdesign
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/07/mark...

Market design search at WU Vienna's new Department of Business Analytics and Decision Science

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Corinne Low @corinnelow.com · Jul 11

I talked to Ellen Bryan about JUST how uneven the load still is at home—take a look for one stat that genuinely shocked me.

📖 You can pre-order Having It All now at @barnesandnoble for 25% off! Use code PREORDER25 at checkout.

Full interview here: www.wusa9.com/video/entert...

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Jul 11

Exclusive: Harvard leaders have discussed creating a center for conservative scholarship as the school fights the Trump administration’s accusations that it is too liberal.

Harvard Explores New Center for Conservative Scholarship Amid Trump Attacks

The Ivy League school has discussed an effort to ‘support viewpoint diversity’ with potential donors. Harvard says the initiative ‘will not be partisan.’

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · Jul 10

Here's an interesting looking job search. (I remember a time when there weren't searches for market designers...)
#econsky #academicsky #marketdesign
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/07/job-...

Job search for Professor of Market Design: U. Mannheim and ZEW--Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

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Alex Chan @alex8chan.bsky.social · Jun 28

Things I look forward to:
🎬 The next Miyazaki film
📄 The next Raj Chetty paper

One builds magical worlds.
The other quietly drops PDFs that upend what we thought we knew about inequality.

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Tommy Andersson @proftommyandersson.bsky.social · Jun 13

Colleagues in the market design community! Interested in school choice and looking for a 4-year tenure track position? Join me at Lund University. Requirements: max 5 years since completion of PhD, no employment in Sweden since 2021. More info? Contact me or see 👇

lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...