Alvin E. Roth
American academic (born 1951) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alvin Eliot Roth (born December 18, 1951) is an American academic. He is the Craig and Susan McCaw professor of economics at Stanford University and the Gund professor of economics and business administration emeritus at Harvard University.[2] He was President of the American Economics Association in 2017.[3]
Alvin Roth | |
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 Alvin E. Roth in Stockholm 2012 | |
| Born | Alvin Eliot Roth December 18, 1951 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Children | Aaron Roth |
| Institution | Stanford University Harvard University |
| Field | Game theory, market design, experimental economics |
| Alma mater | Columbia University B.S. Stanford University Ph.D. |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert B. Wilson |
| Doctoral students | Muriel Niederle Georg Weizsäcker Parag Pathak[1] Fuhito Kojima |
| Contributions | Market design |
| Awards | Frederick W. Lanchester Prize (1990) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2012) Golden Goose Award (2013) Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2013) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Roth has made significant contributions to the fields of game theory, market design and experimental economics, and is known for his emphasis on applying economic theory to solutions for "real-world" problems.[4][5]
In 2012, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Lloyd Shapley "for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design".[6]