Optimal allocation via waitlists: Simplicity through information design

I Ashlagi, F Monachou, A Nikzad - Review of Economic Studies, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We study non-monetary markets where objects that arrive over time are allocated to unit-
demand agents with private types, such as in the allocation of public housing or deceased …

Multidimensional Blockchain Fees are (Essentially) Optimal

G Angeris, T Diamandis, C Moallemi - arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.08661, 2024 - arxiv.org
In this paper we show that, using only mild assumptions, previously proposed
multidimensional blockchain fee markets are essentially optimal, even against worst-case …

[PDF][PDF] Waiting or Paying for Healthcare: Evidence from the Veterans Health Administration

A Russo - 2023 - annarusso.github.io
Healthcare is often allocated without prices, sacrificing efficiency in the interest of equity.
Wait times then typically serve as a substitute rationing mechanism, creating their own …

Comparison of screening devices

F Yang, P Dworczak, M Akbarpour - Available at SSRN 4456198, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
A designer relies on a costly screening device to allocate a set of goods, aiming to maximize
a social welfare function. We provide conditions for one screening device to dominate …

Dynamic Matching with Post-Allocation Service and its Application to Refugee Resettlement

K Bansak, S Lee, V Manshadi, R Niazadeh… - Available at …, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
Motivated by our collaboration with a major refugee resettlement agency in the US, we study
a dynamic matching problem where each new arrival (a refugee case) must be matched …

Designing Service Menus for Bipartite Queueing Systems

R Caldentey, LA Hillas, V Gupta - Operations Research, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
We consider a multiclass, multiserver queueing system, in which customers of different types
have heterogeneous preferences over the many servers available. The goal of the service …

Designing Service Menus for Bipartite Queueing Systems

LCA Hillas - 2023 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation examines the performance analysis and design of multi-class multi-server
bipartite queueing systems under a FCFS-ALIS service discipline. The class of queueing …

[PDF][PDF] Personal Statement

I Ashlagi - stanford.edu
I. Research My principal research is in market design, which studies how the rules and
operations governing the marketplace affect economic outcomes. My research is both …