Market design, development, political economy, game theory, microeconomics

Ashutosh Thakur has been a PhD candidate in Political Economics at Stanford University since 2015. He completed his bachelor’s degree in Economics at Princeton University with highest honors. His research uses tools from market design, matching theory, and game theory to study institutional design in development, political economy, labor, and finance.

Discussion papers

• Matching Politicians to Committees

• Matching in the Civil Service: A Market Design Approach to Public Administration and Development

• Combining Social Choice and Matching Theory to Understand Institutional Stability

• Endogenous Organizational Restructuring: Status, Productivity, & Meritocratic Dynamics