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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 13d

On Monday we are excited to host Jacob Leshno, from the U of Chicago, who will present 'On the Viability of Open-Source Financial Rails: The Economic Security of Permissionless Consensus' w/ Rafael Pass and Elaine Shi.

➡️ Paper: jleshno.weebly.com/uploads/3/7/...

Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · Aug 30

Some news about the @vmdseminar.bsky.social team:
- @olivierbos.bsky.social is stepping down. Huge thanks Olivier for your dedication and all the great work we accomplished together!
- Welcome Michael Greinecker (@yesthatsme.bsky.social) to the team! Excited to have you on board Michi! #EconSky 📉📈

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Olivier Bos @olivierbos.bsky.social · Aug 30

It’s time for me to step back from organizing the @vmdseminar.bsky.social. It has been a wonderful journey.

Many thanks to Michael Greinecker (@yesthatsme.bsky.social) for taking over my role. It’s good to see the team renew over time.

My thoughts are with Nora Szech, who was with us at the start.

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Olivier Bos @olivierbos.bsky.social · Jul 21

A wonderful opportunity to work on market design and environmental economics with Louis-Gaëtan Giraudet and Laurent Lamy, both great experts on the topic.

CIRED @cired.bsky.social · Jul 18

📢 [JOB ALERT] Postdoc position in Procurement auctions and home energy retrofits

🔋 The project consists of applying procurement auction models to the markets for externality-generating goods for optimal incentives and entry regulation.

👉🏼 Applications: www.centre-cired.fr/postdoc-posi...

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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
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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 10

Here's an interesting looking job search. (I remember a time when there weren't searches for market designers...)
#econsky #academicsky #marketdesign
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Job search for Professor of Market Design: U. Mannheim and ZEW--Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

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Centre for Economics at Paris-Saclay — CEPS @ceparis-saclay.bsky.social · Jun 17

Day 2 of the European Workshop on Market Design kicked off with a session on matching.

The second talk, 'Confidence in Strategy-Proof Matching Mechanisms,' was delivered by @vincentmeisner.bsky.social from @humboldtuni.bsky.social. #econsky

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Centre for Economics at Paris-Saclay — CEPS @ceparis-saclay.bsky.social · Jun 16

The 5th European Workshop on Market Design kicks off with the opening talk by Marco Ottaviani.

➡️ Program: www.marketdesign-workshop.com/program.html #econsky @zew.de

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Centre for Economics at Paris-Saclay — CEPS @ceparis-saclay.bsky.social · Jun 16

The first day of the European Workshop on Market Design concluded with a lecture in memory of Nora Szech (1980–2023), delivered by Thomas Mariotti (@tse-fr.eu), titled 'Competitive Nonlinear Pricing under Adverse Selection.'

Nora Szech was one of the original organizers of this workshop. #econsky

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Centre for Economics at Paris-Saclay — CEPS @ceparis-saclay.bsky.social · Jun 10

The workshop takes place next Monday @zew.de. The lineup is very exciting: Laura Doval, Patrick Lahr, Thomas Mariotti, @vincentmeisner.bsky.social, Paula Onuchic, Marco Ottaviani, Ferdinand Pieroth, Francisco Poggi, Phil Reny, Anna Sanktjohanser, Karolina Vocke, Tina Danting Zhang.

Centre for Economics at Paris-Saclay — CEPS @ceparis-saclay.bsky.social · May 12

📍CEPS Workshop | European Workshop on Market Design

The CEPS is pleased to announce the 5th European Workshop on Market Design on 16-17 June at ZEW Mannheim, co-organized by @olivierbos.bsky.social.

➡️ Information & Program: www.marketdesign-workshop.com/outline.html @univparissaclay.bsky.social

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · Jun 10

My sister’s annual June visit: time for the European Workshop on Market Design 🙌

This year’s 5th edition is on 16–17 June at @zew.de.

The Lecture in Memory of Nora Szech will be given by Thomas Mariotti (@tse-fr.eu).

➡️ Program here: www.marketdesign-workshop.com/program.html

An exciting line-up👇

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Julien Combe @combeju.bsky.social · Jun 10

#EconSky #EconConf We are organizing a workshop in the memory of my coauthor & friend Yinghua He. Amazing list of speakers related to Yinghua's work, check it out! Info and registrations here: www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/events/wo...

@crestumr.bsky.social @pse.bsky.social @tse-fr.eu

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · May 16

📽️ One day, one video!

(Re)watch the fantastic talk on April 14 by Mallesh Pai from Rice University, 'Taxing Externalities without Hurting the Poor,' with @philippstrack.bsky.social.

➡️ It is now available on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_X0... 📉📈

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_X0e3tFkEA📉📈

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · May 15

Last Monday's great talk by Peter Troyan (University of Virginia), 'A Desirable Rankings: A New Method for Ranking Outcomes of a Competitive Process' with
@gaurabaryal.bsky.social & Thayer Morrill is now available on our YouTube channel.

➡️ Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSgO... 📉📈

Peter Troyan: Desirable Rankings: A New Method for Ranking Outcomes of a Competitive Process

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you Peter Troyan (University of Virginia) for yesterday great talk!

Peter's talk was the last of the semester. Stay tuned as we will soon release videos of previous talks soon!

virtual-md-seminar.com #Econsky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · May 10

Don't miss it: this is the final talk of the term! And the paper looks great!

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · May 9

On Monday we are excited to host Peter Troyan, from University of Virginia, who will talk about 'ADesirable Rankings: A New Method for Ranking Outcomes of a Competitive Process' with @gaurabaryal.bsky.social & Thayer Morrill.

➡️ Paper: petertroyan.com/files/Desira...

Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · May 9

On Monday we are excited to host Peter Troyan, from University of Virginia, who will talk about 'ADesirable Rankings: A New Method for Ranking Outcomes of a Competitive Process' with @gaurabaryal.bsky.social & Thayer Morrill.

➡️ Paper: petertroyan.com/files/Desira...

Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thank you Lea Nagel (Stanford University) for Monday's great talk! In case you missed it, we will be sharing the video soon.

The next talk is on May 12. We will be welcoming Peter Troyan (University of Virginia). Don't miss it, that's the last talk of the term!

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · Apr 24

On Monday we are excited to host Lea Nagel, from Stanford University, who will talk about 'A Measure of Complexity for Strategy-Proof Mechanisms' with Roberto Saitto.

➡️ Paper: drive.google.com/file/d/1uNMo...

Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · Apr 16

Thank you Mallesh Pai (Rice University) for Monday's great talk! In case you missed it, we will be sharing the video soon.

The next talk is on April 28. We will be welcoming Lea Nagel (Stanford).

virtual-md-seminar.com #Econsky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · Apr 12

On Monday we are excited to host Mallesh Pai, from Rice University, who will talk about 'Taxing Externalities without Hurting the Poor' with @philippstrack.bsky.social.

➡️ Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

Taxing Externalities Without Hurting the Poor

We consider the optimal taxation of a good that exhibits a negative externality in a setting where agents differ in their value for the good, <br> their disutil

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · Mar 27

Next Monday we are excited to host Roland Strausz from @humboldtuni.bsky.social, who will talk about 'Informative Certification: Screening vs. Acquisition' with Gorkem Celik.

➡️ Paper: ideas.repec.org/p/rco/dpaper...

Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

Informative Certification: Screening vs. Acquisition

We study monopolistic certification in a buyer-seller relationship, explicitly distinguishing between its role as a device for screening versus acquisition. As a screening device, certification disclo

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

Thank you Ravi Jagadeesan (Stanford), for today's great talk! In case you missed it, we will be sharing the video soon.

The next talk is on March 31st. We will be welcoming Roland Strausz (Humboldt University Berlin).

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · Mar 14

If you missed it on Monday, you (re)watch the great talk of Andrea Galeotti (LBS) 'Consumer Profiling via Information Design' with Itay Fainmesser and Ruslan Momot on our YouTube channel.

➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xH2... 📉📈

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · Mar 13

Next Monday we are excited to host Ravi Jagadeesan from Stanford University, who will talk about 'Auctions with Withdrawal Rights: A Foundation for Uniform Price' with Alexander Haberman.

➡️ Paper: drive.google.com/file/d/1JNoh...

Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

foundation-uniform-price.pdf

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