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Alvin Eliot Roth

Prize
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel — 2012
for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design
Together with: Lloyd Shapley
Citizenship
United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
12/18/1951
place of birth
New York City
Age
74 years
educated at
  • Stanford University
    • academic major: operations research
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • end time: 1/1/1974
  • Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
    • academic major: operations research
    • academic degree: Bachelor of Science
    • end time: 1/1/1971
  • Stanford University
    • academic major: operations research
    • academic degree: Master of Science
    • end time: 1/1/1973
  • Martin Van Buren High School
employer
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • end time: 8/1/1982
    • start time: 8/1/1974
  • University of Pittsburgh
    • start time: 8/1/1982
    • end time: 8/1/1998
  • Harvard University
    • start time: 8/1/1998
    • end time: 12/1/2012
  • Stanford University
    • start time: 1/1/2013
  • Stanford University
member of
  • Econometric Society
    • start time: 1/1/1983
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences
position held
  • president
    • start time: 1/1/2017
    • end time: 1/1/2018
doctoral student
  • Fuhito Kojima
  • Sandro Ambühl
  • Nick Feltovich
  • Georg Weizsäcker
  • Parag Pathak
  • Muriel Niederle
  • Scott Duke Kominers
  • Qingyun Wu
  • Lucas Clayton Coffman
  • Assaf Romm
  • Judd Benjamin Kessler
  • Alexander Peysakhovich
  • Afshin Nikzad
field of work
  • economist
  • game theory
  • economics
  • experimental economics
work location
  • Stanford
occupation
  • economist
  • university teacher
  • academic
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