What is Alvin E. Roth?
{{Infobox economist |birth_name = Alvin Elliot Roth | name = Alvin Roth | image = Alvin E. Roth 3 2012.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Alvin E. Roth in Stockholm 2012 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1951|12|18}} | birth_place = [[New York City]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|mf=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> | citizenship = United States of America | nationality = American | institution = [[Stanford University]]<br />[[Harvard University]] | field = [[Game theory]], [[market design]], [[experimental economics]] | alma_mater = [[Columbia University]] B.S.<br /> [[Stanford University]] Ph.D. | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = [[Robert B. Wilson]] | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = [[Georg Weizsäcker]]<br />[[Parag Pathak]]<ref>[https://www.proquest.com/docview/304852395 Essays on real -life allocation problems]</ref><br />[[Fuhito Kojima]] | notable_students = | contributions = [[Market design]] | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = [[Frederick W. Lanchester Prize]] <small>(1990)</small><br />[[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]] <small>(2012)</small><br />[[Golden Goose Award]] <small>(2013)</small><br />[[Member of the National Academy of Sciences]] <small>(2013)</small> | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | footnotes = | spouse = | repec_prefix = e | repec_id = pro40 }} {{nobelprize|Economics}}'''Alvin Elliot Roth''' (born December 18, 1951) is an American academic. He is the Craig and Susan McCaw professor of economics at [[Stanford University]]