Alvin Roth, PhD, is the McCaw Professor of Economics at Stanford University, and is one of the world’s leading experts in the fields of market design and game theory. He was the co-recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics.
game theory; market design: thickness, congestion, safety and simplicity. the concept of signaling mechanism applied to dating is fascinating. the deferred acceptance algorithms allow more trust in the system to express true intents. Trust is at the core of a clearinghouse mechanism as otherwise, the two sides can just get around without it