Who gets what--and why : the new economics of matchmaking and market design / Alvin E. Roth.
Who gets what--and why : the new economics of matchmaking and market design / Alvin E. Roth.
Who gets what--and why : the new economics of matchmaking and market design / Alvin E. Roth.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
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G 2016/1831
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Language
English
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Physical content
260 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
pt. I Markets Are Everywhere -- 1.Introduction: Every Market Tells a Story -- 2.Markets for Breakfast and Through the Day -- 3.Lifesaving Exchanges -- pt. II Thwarted Desires: How Marketplaces Fail -- 4.Too Soon -- 5.Too Fast: The Greed for Speed -- 6.Congestion: Why Thicker Needs to Be Quicker -- 7...
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
"A Nobel laureate reveals the often surprising rules that govern a vast array of activities -- both mundane and life-changing -- in which money may play little or no role. If you've ever sought a job or hired someone, applied to college or guided your child into a good kindergarten, asked someone out on a date or been asked out, you've participate...
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Who gets what--and why : the new economics of matchmaking and market design / Alvin E. Roth.
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"An Eamon Dolan book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index.
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G 2016/1831
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74VKVPamW0BA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVPamW0BA
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ISBN
9780544291133 (hardcover)
DDC
330.01/51166
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991023993307702626
