Introduction |
Simple auctions |
An analysis of eBay |
The Vickrey-Clarke-Groves auction |
Keyword auctions |
Spectrum auctions |
Financial markets |
Trading |
The basic matching model |
The medical match |
Assignment problems |
Probabilistic assignments |
School choice |
School choice: further developments |
Course allocation |
Kidney exchange |
Game theory |
Mechanism design |
Order statistics

"This book offers an introduction to market design, providing students with a broad overview of issues related to the design and analysis of market mechanisms. It defines a market as a demand and a supply, without specifying a price system or mechanism. This allows the text to analyze a broad set of situations--including such unconventional markets as college admissions and organ donation--and forces readers to pay attention to details that might otherwise be overlooked. Students often complain that microeconomics is too abstract and disconnected from reality; the study of market design shows how theory can help solve existing, real-life problems. The book focuses on the interplay between theory and applications. To keep the text as accessible as possible, special effort has been made to minimize formal description of the models while emphasizing the intuitive, with detailed explanations and resolution of examples. Appendixes offer general reviews of elements of game theory and mechanism design that are related to the themes explored in the book, presenting the basic concepts with as many explanations and illustrations as possible."