ECON 623 - Market Design

Units: 4
Market-based solutions to business and policy problems, such as auctions and matching.

Prerequisites: Post-baccalaureate standing.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Understand the design of organized markets, focusing on efficient organization and the incentives created by market rules.
Understand e-commerce and online auction markets.
Understand government auctions of natural resources, procurement auctions.
Understand matching markets (students to classes or schools, medical residents to hospitals, kidneys to recipients).