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Conferences, workshops, and special gatherings that open new intersections for market design.

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Where the field convenes

Beyond our regular seminar series, we organise and host conferences, workshops, and special gatherings that bring researchers, practitioners, and policymakers together — to address specific challenges and advance market design through focused discussion.

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Toulouse School of Economics × University of Zurich, Department of Economics
19 September 2025
Spectrum Auctions and Market Structure
An international conference on spectrum economics and policy
A half-day international conference bringing academics, policymakers, and industry together across three sessions — empirical research, theory and policy, and industry and regulatory perspectives.
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The Toulouse School of Economics and the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich convened this conference on the economics and policy of spectrum allocation — structured around empirical work, theory and policy, and the perspectives of industry and national regulators from across Europe.

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University of Zurich · UBS International Center for Economics in Society, SOF-G-21 · 13:00–19:00
Programme · Friday, 19 September 2025
13:00
Introduction
by Marek Pycia (UZH)
13:15
Empirical Research
Moderator · Armin Schmutzler (UZH)
Paul Scott (NYU)
Optimal market structure — Market structure investment and technical efficiencies mobile telecommunications
Marc Ivaldi (TSE), Louise Aimene (Orange), Jean-Baptiste Giffard (Telecom Paris), Julienne Liang (Orange)
Welfare cost of mobile spectrum (Mis)allocation
Daniel Ershov (UCL), David Salant (TSE)
Auctions and mobile market competition: evidence from the European 4G auctions
14:45
Break
15:00
Theory and Policy
Moderator · Andy Skrzypacz (Stanford Graduate School of Business)
Patrick Rey (TSE) & David Salant (TSE)
Allocating essential inputs
Michael Ostrovsky (Stanford Graduate School of Business)
Dual-Track Auction for Market-Based Determination of Spectrum Clearing
dotEcon — discussed by David Salant (TSE)
Stirred not shaken: A recipe for reassigning spectrum
16:15
Industry Perspective
Moderator · Malcolm Ross (Merlin Consulting)
Richard Marsden (NERA Economic Consulting)
Roman Rabinovich (FTI Consulting)
16:45
Break
17:00
Regulatory Perspective
Moderator · David Salant (TSE)
Richard Feasey (UK Competition and Markets Authority — CMA)
Luis Gaspar (Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações — ANACOM, Portugal)
Alexia Gonzalez Fanfalone (OECD)
Konstantinos Masselos (Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission — EETT)
Berndt Odenthal (Bundesnetzagentur — BNetzA)
Morgan Westring (Swedish Post and Telecom Authority — PTS)
18:45
Final Remarks
19:00
Reception (drinks)
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Matching in Practice × University of Zurich
18–19 March 2024
Matching in Practice: Zurich Workshop 2024
Assignment and matching in education and labour markets
The European Matching in Practice network — founded in 2010 — gathered in Zurich for two days, connecting theory, experiments, field data, and policy across education and labour markets.
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Matching in Practice was created in 2010 to bring together the growing European community working on assignment and matching in education and related labour markets, fostering interaction between theory, experiments, field-data analysis, and policy and market design. The 2024 edition ran over two days at the University of Zurich.

KO2 F-152, University of Zurich · Two days
Monday, 18 March 2024 KO2 F-152, University of Zurich
12:00–12:45
Lunch & Registration
12:45–13:10
Lisa Botbol
Toulouse School of Economics
Applicant Choice in the Design of Social Housing Allocations: Evidence from France
13:10–13:35
Byeong-hyeon Jeong
University of Zurich
School Choice in Context: Can Open Enrollment Cure Segregation?
13:35–14:00
Rémi Castera
University of Grenoble-Alpes
Correlation of Rankings in Matching Markets
14:00–14:25
Coffee Break
14:25–14:50
Daniel Bird
Tel-Aviv University
Search, Matching, and Online Platforms
14:50–15:15
Alireza Amanihamedani
London Business School
Spatial Matching under Multihoming
15:15–15:40
Simon Jantschgi
University of Oxford
The Hidden Price of Zero-Commission
15:40–16:05
Coffee Break
16:05–16:30
Anna Bogomolnaia
University of Glasgow
Fair Division under Objective Constraints
16:30–16:55
Tom Demeulemeester
KU Leuven
Rawlsian Assignments
16:55–17:30
Coffee Break
17:30–18:30
KeynoteShengwu Li
Harvard University
Simple Mechanisms: An Overview
19:00
Workshop Dinner — Timeout (Hotel St. Josef)
Tuesday, 19 March 2024 KO2 F-152, University of Zurich
09:00–09:25
Cancelled
09:25–09:50
Josué Ortega
Belfast University
The Limits of School Choice with Consent
09:50–10:15
Cyril Rouault
Université Paris-Saclay
Stability Under Contract Terms
10:15–10:40
Coffee Break
10:40–11:05
Ezzat Elokda
ETH Zurich
Karma: An Experimental Study
11:05–11:30
Ermis Soumalias
University of Zurich
Machine Learning-powered Course Allocation
11:30–12:00
Coffee Break
12:00–12:50
Panel · AI and Simplicity in Market Design
Samuel Häfner (University of St. Gallen), Marek Pycia (University of Zurich), Sven Seuken (University of Zurich)
13:00–14:00
Lunch at ETH Dozentenfoyer