Alvin E. Roth

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alvin E. Roth
Occupation	Academic
Date Of Birth	Dec 18, 1951(1951-12-18)
Age	73
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Alvin E. Roth Biography

Alvin E. Roth is one of the most popular and richest Academic who was born on December 18, 1951 in New York, United States.

Alvin Roth graduated from Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in Operations Research. He then moved to Stanford University, receiving both his Master’s and PhD also in Operations Research there in 1973 and 1974 respectively.

Roth’s 1984 paper on the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) highlighted the system designed by John Stalknaker and F. J. Mullen in 1952. The system was built on theoretical foundations independently introduced by David Gale and Lloyd Shapley in 1962. Roth proved that the NRMP was both stable and strategy-proof for unmarried residents but deferred to future study the question of how to match married couples efficiently.

Alvin E. Roth Net Worth

Alvin E. Roth is one of the richest Academic from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alvin E. Roth 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alvin Elliot Roth (born December 18, 1951) is an American academic. He is the Craig and Susan McCaw professor of economics at Stanford University and the Gund professor of economics and business administration emeritus at Harvard University. He was President of the American Economics Association in 2017.

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In 2012, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Lloyd Shapley “for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design”.

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After leaving Stanford, Roth went on to teach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign which he left in 1982 to become the Andrew W. Mellon professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh. While at Pittsburgh, he also served as a fellow in the University’s Center for Philosophy of Science and as a professor in the Katz Graduate School of Business. In 1998, Roth left to join the faculty at Harvard where he remained until deciding to return to Stanford in 2012. In 2013 he became a full member of the Stanford faculty and took emeritus status at Harvard.

Top Facts about Alvin E. Roth

1. Alvin E. Roth is an American economist born in 1951.
2. He won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2012.
3. Roth’s research focuses on market design and game theory.
4. He has taught at Stanford, Harvard, and currently teaches at Stanford again.
5. Roth helped redesign kidney exchange programs to increase transplants.
6. His work also improved matching systems for public school choice programs.
7. Roth co-authored the book “Who Gets What—and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking.”
8. He received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from Stanford University.
9. Roth is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
10. He has published numerous articles in top economics journals throughout his career

What did Alvin Roth do?

Roth has made significant contributions to the fields of game theory, market design and experimental economics , and is known for his emphasis on applying economic theory to solutions for “real-world” problems.

Why did Alvin Roth win the Nobel Prize?

Roth won the prize for work in matching theory and its practical applications in markets , such as how students are matched with schools, how doctors are matched with hospital positions, or how kidney donors are matched with recipients: While still at Pitt, Roth worked with graduate student Utku Unver on a study that …

Who gets what and why Alvin?

TitleWho Gets What–and why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design An Eamon Dolan Book
Author| Alvin E. Roth
Publisher| Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015
ISBN| 0544291131, 9780544291133
Length| 260 pages

Who among the following won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2012?

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2012 was awarded jointly to Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley “for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design.”

Did Philip Roth win a Nobel Prize?

But these incidents don’t seem to matter much for Roth’s admirers. “ He did not receive the Nobel Literature Prize but he will remain forever as one of the greatest writers of our time,” tweeted former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls.