Brave New World of Market Design
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Market Design is an emerging field that seeks to provide a practical solution for various resource allocation problems. The current article discusses several issues arising in real-world market design, innovative ideas proposed to overcome those issues, and their applications in areas such as spectrum licenses allocation, Internet sponsored-search advertising, housing allocation, public school placement, kidney exchange, course allocation, and online matchmaking.
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