Sunday, February 19, 2012  Kidney Transplant Chains and
Financial Economics                That's economics. Isn't it
interesting?     1. "That's economics. Isn't it interesting?"
Yes, very interesting, but I see it as mostly computer science.
Seems like the work people like Jon Kleinberg etc. are doing on
network theory can be borrowed from if that has not already been
attempted (unsuccessfully).      1. If you're saying economics
is mostly computer science, that's not correct. If you're saying
that kidney exchange is just computer science, that's wrong too.
The problem is rich in economics. Read Al Roth's research on the
topic.      2. I should add, however, that computer science is
certainly a tool we use intensively in economics - along with
statistics that we adapt for our own purposes (econometrics),
and various mathematical tools.      3. So, I know that
economics uses concepts like equilibrium, maximization etc. How
often do you guys end up using other powerful concepts in other
fields e.g., fixed