Alvin E. Roth
Alvin Roth | |
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Alvin E. Roth in Stockholm 2012 | |
| Born | Alvin Elliot Roth December 18, 1951 |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| 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 | 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 | |
Alvin Elliot 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]
In 2012, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences alongside Lloyd Shapley for their contributions to the theory of stable allocations and the development of practical market design.[4]
References
- ↑ Essays on real -life allocation problems
- ↑ Al Roth's Game Theory, Experimental Economics, and Market Design Page (accessed 2013-27-04).
- ↑ Past Presidents
- ↑ "Alvin E. Roth – Banquet speech". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2025-08-03.