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[Identification of item], Alvin Roth Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Alvin Roth Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2011.
Processed by Carrie Mills, Meghan Lyon, August 2011
Encoded by Meghan Lyon, August 2011; updated by Nicole Rudden and Meghan Lyon, October 2012
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2011-0159, 2012-0128
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Alvin Roth was born on Dec. 18, 1951. He graduated from Columbia University in 1971, and earned a masters (1973) and Ph.D. (1974) from Stanford University in operations research. Roth went on to teach economics and business administration at the University of Illinois from 1974-1982, and at the University of Pittsburgh from 1982-1998. In 1998, he became full faculty at Harvard University, and remains there today.
Roth's work focuses on game theory, market design, and experimental economics. He has worked on a variety of real-world projects, including the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) system, responsible for matching medical residents with respective programs; the New York City and Boston public school systems' high school assignment selection methods; and the New England Program for kidney exchanges between incompatible partners. He is a Guggenheim Fellow (1983-1984), an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1984-1986), and a fellow at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has won the Texas Instruments' Foundation Founders' Prize (1980) and the Operations Research Society of America's Lanchester Prize (1991). In 2012, he and Lloyd Shapley won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Honor of Alfred Nobel (commonly known as the Nobel Prize) for their work in "the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design." He has also authored numerous books and over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles.
The collection offers a wealth of information from Roth's early career at the University of Pittsburgh, including his research and correspondence from that period, as well as drafts of some of his well-cited articles and writings. Approximately one-half of the material lies in the
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Roth's files of correspondence and working papers, arranged alphabetically by last name. Files largely consist of professional correspondence between Roth and fellow economists around the world, and usually include copies of a working paper or other scholarship. There are occasional subject files interspersed as well. Most files date from the late 1970s through the early 1990s.
Addditional legal-sized correspondence is housed in Box 18.
Drafts, correspondence, and data from a selection of Roth's many journal articles. Includes correspondence between Roth and his co-writers, as well as some publishers' correspondence. Arranged loosely by date, although many articles span several years and thus do not fit in a precise chronological order. Also included at the end of the series are research and notes on game theory.
Drafts and articles sent to Roth but written by other economists. Files are arranged alphabetically by author.
Lecture notes and transparencies from Roth's courses, including a mini-course of four lectures on game theory taught by Roth in 1980. Also includes coursework from Roth's time at Stanford.
Applications, correspondence, and financial materials from Roth's grant applications.