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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thrilled to announce our return on October 5th! We have a fantastic lineup: Frank Yang (Stanford), Roberto Saitto (Northwestern), Milena Wittwer (Columbia), Joseph Root (Chicago), Faidra Monachou (Yale), and Teddy Mekkonen (Brown). Looking forward! #EconSky virtual-md-seminar.com

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

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On Monday, we are excited to host Frank Yang from Harvard University. Frank will present his paper ' Screening Frontiers'. ➡️ Paper: web.stanford.edu/~shuny/paper... Looking forward to seeing you on Monday! 📉📈 #EconSky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

On Monday, we are excited to host Alex Chan from Harvard University. Alex will present: 'Opt in? Opt out?' (with Ayush Gupta and Yetong Xu). ➡️ Paper: drive.google.com/file/d/17Ojq... Looking forward to seeing you on Monday! 📉📈 #EconSky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

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On Monday, we are excited to host Sulagna Dasgupta from Cornell University. Sulagna will present: 'Screening Knowledge with Verifiable Evidence' (with Zizhe Xia). ➡️ Paper: www.economics.utoronto.ca/conferences/.... Looking forward to seeing you on Monday! 📉📈 #EconSky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

On Monday, we are excited to host Qianjun Lyu from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Qianjun will present: 'Complete Contracts under Incomplete Information' (with Gregorio Curello and Yimeng Zhang). ➡️ Paper: www.qianjunlyu.com/uploads/1/2/... Looking forward to seeing you! 📉📈 #EconSky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

On Monday, we are excited to host Mengxi Zhang from the University of Bonn. Mengxi will present: 'Mechanism Design Beyond Expected Utility: Dynamic (In)Consistency and Full Surplus Extraction' (with David Ahn). ➡️ Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Looking forward to seeing you! 📉📈 #EconSky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

‪On Monday, we are excited to host Umut Dur from North Carolina State University. He will present: 'Who Gets the Bonus? High School Admission Reforms in China' (w Onur Kesten, Tong Wang, and Congyi Zhou). ➡️ Paper: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/28ghi... Looking forward to seeing you! 📉📈 #EconSky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

On Monday, we are excited to host Alex Chan from Harvard University for the first talk this season. He will present: 'Opt in? Opt out?' with Ayush Gupta and Yetong Xu. ➡️ Paper: drive.google.com/file/d/17Ojq... Looking forward to seeing you! 📉📈 #EconSky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

On Monday we are excited to host Ali Aouad from MIT, who will present 'Centralized versus Decentralized Pricing Controls for Dynamic Matching Platforms' w/ Ömer Sarıtaç and Chiwei Yan. ➡️ Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

On Monday we are excited to host Alexander Bloedel from UCLA, who will present 'The Proper (Scoring Rule) Approach to Incentivizing Information Acquisition' with Ilya Segal. Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

On Monday we are excited to host Andrés Carvajal from UC Davis, who will present 'Satisficing Matching' with Tina Danting Zhang and Ester Camiña. ➡️ Paper: acarvajal.weebly.com/uploads/9/9/... Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

On Monday we are excited to host Meg Meyer, from the University of Oxford, who will present ' Selecting the Best: The Persistent Effects of Luck ' with Mikhail Drugov and Marc Möller. ➡️ Paper: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/economics/Pa... Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

On Monday we are excited to host Stanford's Shoshana Vasserman, who will present 'The Short-Run Effects of Congestion Pricing in New York City' with Cody Cook, Aboudy Kreidieh, Hunt Allcott, Neha Arora, Freek van Sambeek, Andrew Tomkins, Eray Turkel. ➡️ Paper: shoshanavasserman.com/files/2025/0...

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

On Monday we are excited to host Jacob Leshno, from the U of Chicago, who will present 'On the Viability of Open-Source Financial Rails: The Economic Security of Permissionless Consensus' w/ Rafael Pass and Elaine Shi. ➡️ Paper: jleshno.weebly.com/uploads/3/7/... Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Some news about the @vmdseminar.bsky.social team: - @olivierbos.bsky.social is stepping down. Huge thanks Olivier for your dedication and all the great work we accomplished together! - Welcome Michael Greinecker (@yesthatsme.bsky.social) to the team! Excited to have you on board Michi! #EconSky 📉📈

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Olivier Bos @olivierbos.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

It’s time for me to step back from organizing the @vmdseminar.bsky.social. It has been a wonderful journey. Many thanks to Michael Greinecker (@yesthatsme.bsky.social) for taking over my role. It’s good to see the team renew over time. My thoughts are with Nora Szech, who was with us at the start.

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Olivier Bos @olivierbos.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

A wonderful opportunity to work on market design and environmental economics with Louis-Gaëtan Giraudet and Laurent Lamy, both great experts on the topic.

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Great opportunity for market designers. Join University of Mannheim and #ZEW as a Professor of Market Design if you fit the profile: outstanding research, especially on auction or matching markets, experience in policy advice and leadership of teams inomics.com/job/professo...

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In a joint appointment process, the Department of Economics at the School of Law and Economics at the University of Mannheim and the ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim are...

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Here's an interesting looking job search. (I remember a time when there weren't searches for market designers...) #econsky #academicsky #marketdesign marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/07/job-...

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Job search for Professor of Market Design: U. Mannheim and ZEW--Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

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Centre for Economics at Paris-Saclay — CEPS @ceparis-saclay.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Day 2 of the European Workshop on Market Design kicked off with a session on matching. The second talk, 'Confidence in Strategy-Proof Matching Mechanisms,' was delivered by @vincentmeisner.bsky.social from @humboldtuni.bsky.social. #econsky

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Centre for Economics at Paris-Saclay — CEPS @ceparis-saclay.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The 5th European Workshop on Market Design kicks off with the opening talk by Marco Ottaviani. ➡️ Program: www.marketdesign-workshop.com/program.html #econsky @zew.de

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Centre for Economics at Paris-Saclay — CEPS @ceparis-saclay.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The first day of the European Workshop on Market Design concluded with a lecture in memory of Nora Szech (1980–2023), delivered by Thomas Mariotti (@tse-fr.eu), titled 'Competitive Nonlinear Pricing under Adverse Selection.' Nora Szech was one of the original organizers of this workshop. #econsky

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Centre for Economics at Paris-Saclay — CEPS @ceparis-saclay.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The workshop takes place next Monday @zew.de. The lineup is very exciting: Laura Doval, Patrick Lahr, Thomas Mariotti, @vincentmeisner.bsky.social, Paula Onuchic, Marco Ottaviani, Ferdinand Pieroth, Francisco Poggi, Phil Reny, Anna Sanktjohanser, Karolina Vocke, Tina Danting Zhang.

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

My sister’s annual June visit: time for the European Workshop on Market Design 🙌 This year’s 5th edition is on 16–17 June at @zew.de. The Lecture in Memory of Nora Szech will be given by Thomas Mariotti (@tse-fr.eu). ➡️ Program here: www.marketdesign-workshop.com/program.html An exciting line-up👇

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Julien Combe @combeju.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

#EconSky #EconConf We are organizing a workshop in the memory of my coauthor & friend Yinghua He. Amazing list of speakers related to Yinghua's work, check it out! Info and registrations here: www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/events/wo... @crestumr.bsky.social @pse.bsky.social @tse-fr.eu

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

📽️ One day, one video! (Re)watch the fantastic talk on April 14 by Mallesh Pai from Rice University, 'Taxing Externalities without Hurting the Poor,' with @philippstrack.bsky.social. ➡️ It is now available on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_X0... 📉📈

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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Last Monday's great talk by Peter Troyan (University of Virginia), 'A Desirable Rankings: A New Method for Ranking Outcomes of a Competitive Process' with @gaurabaryal.bsky.social & Thayer Morrill is now available on our YouTube channel. ➡️ Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSgO... 📉📈

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Thank you Peter Troyan (University of Virginia) for yesterday great talk! Peter's talk was the last of the semester. Stay tuned as we will soon release videos of previous talks soon! virtual-md-seminar.com #Econsky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Don't miss it: this is the final talk of the term! And the paper looks great!

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

On Monday we are excited to host Peter Troyan, from University of Virginia, who will talk about 'ADesirable Rankings: A New Method for Ranking Outcomes of a Competitive Process' with @gaurabaryal.bsky.social & Thayer Morrill. ➡️ Paper: petertroyan.com/files/Desira... Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Thank you Lea Nagel (Stanford University) for Monday's great talk! In case you missed it, we will be sharing the video soon. The next talk is on May 12. We will be welcoming Peter Troyan (University of Virginia). Don't miss it, that's the last talk of the term! virtual-md-seminar.com #Econsky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

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On Monday we are excited to host Lea Nagel, from Stanford University, who will talk about 'A Measure of Complexity for Strategy-Proof Mechanisms' with Roberto Saitto. ➡️ Paper: drive.google.com/file/d/1uNMo... Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

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Thank you Mallesh Pai (Rice University) for Monday's great talk! In case you missed it, we will be sharing the video soon. The next talk is on April 28. We will be welcoming Lea Nagel (Stanford). virtual-md-seminar.com #Econsky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

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On Monday we are excited to host Mallesh Pai, from Rice University, who will talk about 'Taxing Externalities without Hurting the Poor' with @philippstrack.bsky.social. ➡️ Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Thank you Ravi Jagadeesan (Stanford), for today's great talk! In case you missed it, we will be sharing the video soon. The next talk is on March 31st. We will be welcoming Roland Strausz (Humboldt University Berlin). virtual-md-seminar.com #Econsky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

If you missed it on Monday, you (re)watch the great talk of Andrea Galeotti (LBS) 'Consumer Profiling via Information Design' with Itay Fainmesser and Ruslan Momot on our YouTube channel. ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xH2... 📉📈

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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Next Monday we are excited to host Ravi Jagadeesan from Stanford University, who will talk about 'Auctions with Withdrawal Rights: A Foundation for Uniform Price' with Alexander Haberman. ➡️ Paper: drive.google.com/file/d/1JNoh... Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Thank you Andrea Galeotti (LBS) for today's amazing talk! In case you missed it, we will be sharing the video soon. The next talk is in a week on Monday! We will be welcoming Ravi Jagadeesan (Stanford University). virtual-md-seminar.com #Econsky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

‪Next Monday we are excited to host Andrea Galeotti from LBS, who will talk about 'Consumer Profiling via Information Design' with Itay Fainmesser and Ruslan Momot. ➡️ Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

We are kicking off the semester on March 10 with an exciting talk by Andrea Galeotti (LBS) on 'Consumer Profiling via Information Design' with Itay Fainmesser and Ruslan Momot. ➡️ Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Looking forward! 📉📈 #EconSky

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

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Thrilled to announce our return next Monday! We have an exciting line-up of speakers: Andrea Galeotti (LBS), Ravi Jagadeesan (Stanford), Mallesh Pai (Rice University), Lea Nagel (Stanford) and Peter Troyan (University of Virginia). All information is here: virtual-md-seminar.com 📉📈 #EconSky

Camille Terrier @camilleterrier.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

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💥 JOB (POSTDOC) ALERT 💥 Freshly posted: 4-year postdoc to work on applied market design at the university of Lausanne. Job add here: shorturl.at/AEV0D Spread the word!

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Career Opportunities: Postdoctoral Researcher SNSF (22108)

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Thank you Takuro Yamashita (Osaka Univ.) for yesterday's fantastic talk! We will be sharing the video soon. That was our last 2024 talk. Thank you to all the speakers & the audience for being with us. We take a break until end of February, once the job market actions keep down a bit. #EconSky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Join us at: 🕖 7am LA 🕖 10am NY 🕖 4pm Paris 🕖 5pm Tel Aviv 🕖 Noon Santiago 🕖 11pm Beijing 🕖 Midnight Tokyo

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Next Monday we are excited to host Takuro Yamashita from Osaka University, who will talk about 'Optimal Feedback Dynamics Against Free-Riding in Collective Experimentation' w/. C-H. Chen, H. Eraslan & J. Ishida. ➡️ Paper: www.iser.osaka-u.ac.jp/library/dp/2... Looking forward! #EconSky

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Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Last Monday's great talk by Simon Finster (@crestumr.bsky.social), 'Equitable Auctions' w/. Patrick Loiseau, Simon Mauras, Mathieu Molina & Bary Pradelski is now available on our YouTube channel. ➡️ Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjjx... 📉📈

Virtual Market Design Seminar @vmdseminar.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

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Thank you Simon Finster (@crestumr.bsky.social) for today's amazing talk! In case you missed it, we will be sharing the video soon. Our next speaker is Takuro Yamashita (University of Osaka) in two weeks, on December 09! virtual-md-seminar.com #Econsky