Alvin E. Roth

Alvin Roth
Roth in 2012
Born
Alvin Eliot Roth

(1951-12-18) December 18, 1951 (age 73)
New York City, New York, U.S.
ChildrenAaron Roth
Academic background
EducationColumbia University (BS)
Stanford University (PhD)
ThesisTopics in Cooperative Game Theory (1974)
Doctoral advisorRobert B. Wilson
Academic work
DisciplineGame theory, market design, experimental economics
InstitutionsStanford University
Harvard University
University of Pittsburgh
Doctoral studentsMuriel Niederle
Georg Weizsäcker
Parag Pathak[1]
Fuhito Kojima
Notable ideasMarket design
AwardsFrederick W. Lanchester Prize (1990)
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2012)
Golden Goose Award (2013)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2013)
Website

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 Economic Association in 2017.[3]

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]


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