News
Jun 20 2010
Congratulations to my daughter, Elana Thurston-Milgrom, who has completed her masters degree at the Central European University in Budapest. Her thesis is “Verny and Wahr from A[ssimilationist]s to Z[ionists]”
May 21 2010
Two big spectrum auctions in India and Germany ended this week.
Feb 9 2010
The FCC has just posted a video of my 2003 lecture there as part of their “distinguished economists” series. The video can be found here, or in the video below.
Jan 1 2010
On January 1, I apparently became the first economist ever to be awarded funds under the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program of the National Science Foundation. I am principal investigator for Auctionomics on a proposal entitled “Incorporating Bidder Budgets in Multi-Item Auctions.”...
Dec 12 2009
Over the years, I’ve invented several new multi-item auction mechanisms intended for use in practice. Portugal has now adopted the Day-Milgrom core-selecting auction mechanism for an upcoming radio spectrum auction. Detailed rules can be found here or on the Portuguese regulator’s website.
