ECON 8802 Market Design and Economic Policy
In recent years, auction theory and matching theory have found applications in many interesting real-life problems from a market/mechanism design perspective. Topics of this course include the theory of matching markets, multi-object auctions, school choice, and kidney exchange.
Course overview
- Department
- Economics
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Periodically in the Spring
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.73 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.80 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Tayfun Sonmez | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1–3 hrs/week | 4 of 5 |
| Spring 2025 | Tayfun Sonmez | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 3 of 3 |
| Spring 2023 | Tayfun Sonmez | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 7–9 hrs/week | 3 of 3 |
| Spring 2022 | Tayfun Sonmez | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 1–3 hrs/week | 5 of 8 |