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Constitutional Implementation of Affirmative Action Policies in India

Constitutional Implementation of Affirmative Action Policies in India,” (joint with M. Bumin Yenmez). Forthcoming in Review of Economics and Statistics. [ PDF ] Earlier Version

The current version supersedes Boston College working paper 978 entitled “Constitutional Implementation of Vertical and Horizontal Reservations in India: A Unified Mechanism for Civil Service Allocation and College Admissions.”

Due to a recent Supreme Court ruling in India, the entire manuscript is re-written, and the analytical results in the two papers are mutually exclusive. Therefore, readers who are theoretically inclined are encourage to see both versions.

World first 5-way and 6-way Liver Exchange

Enhanced Role of Multi-Pair Donor Swaps in Response to Size Incompatibility: The First Two 5-Way and the First 6-Way Liver Paired Exchanges,” (joint with, Sezai Yilmaz, Utku Ünver, Volkan Ince, Sami Akbulut, Kemal Baris Sarici and Burak Isik), American Journal of Transplantation, 24(10), October 2024, Pages 1881-1895. [ Policy Impact ]Media

Pandemic Reserve Systems

Fair Allocation of Vaccines, Ventilators and Antiviral Treatments: Leaving No Ethical Value Behind in Health Care Rationing,” (joint with Parag Pathak,  Utku Ünver and M. Bumin Yenmez). Management Science, 70(6):3999-4036, June 2024. [ PDF ] [ Webinar ] [ Slides ]  [ April-2020 NBER WP version ] [ Website with Software & Policy ImpactMedia

US Army’s Branching Reform

Redesigning the US Army’s Branching Process: A Case Study in Minimalist Market Design,” (joint with Kyle Greenberg and Parag Pathak), American Economic Review 114 (4): 1070-1106, April 2024.  [ PDF ] [ Online Appendix ] [ Policy Impact ] Minimalist Market Design

World-first 4-way Liver Exchange

The First 4-Way Liver Paired Exchange from an Interdisciplinary Collaboration between Healthcare Professionals and Design Economists,” (joint with Sezai Yilmaz,  Utku Ünver, Volkan Ince, Sami Akbulut, Burak Isik and Sukru Emre), American Journal of Transplantation, 23(10), 1612-1621, October 2023. [ PDF ] [ Policy ImpactMedia

UPMC Monoclonal Antibody Allocation

Use of a Weighted Lottery to Equitably Allocate Scarce Supply of COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Pre-exposure Prophylaxis,” (joint with Erin K. McCreary, Utibe R. Essien, Chung-Chou H. Chang, Rachel A. Butler, Parag Pathak,  Utku Ünver, Ashley Steiner, Maddie Chrisman, Derek C. Angus and Douglas B. White).  JAMA Health Forum. 2023;4(9):e232774. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.2774