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The Regulated Market for Kidneys in Iran

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Auctions, Market Mechanisms, and Their Applications (AMMA 2011)

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We study the kidney market in Iran. The most effective treatment for end-stage renal disease is a kidney transplant. While the supply of cadaveric kidneys is limited, the debate has been focused on the effects of the existence of a free market for human organs. Economists as well as medical and legal researchers are divided over the issue. Iran has a unique kidney market which has been in place for over 20 years, frequently reporting surprising success in reducing the waiting list for kidneys. This paper demonstrates how the Iranian system works.

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  1. Graduate School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Farshad Fatemi

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  1. Harvard Business School, Soldier Field Road, 2173, Boston, MA, USA

    Peter Coles

  2. Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110, 8th St, 12180-3590, Troy, NY, USA

    Sanmay Das

  3. Yahoo! Research, 111 West 40th St., 10018, New York, NY, USA

    Sébastien Lahaie

  4. Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110, 8th St., 12180, Troy, NY, USA

    Boleslaw Szymanski

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Fatemi, F. (2012). The Regulated Market for Kidneys in Iran. In: Coles, P., Das, S., Lahaie, S., Szymanski, B. (eds) Auctions, Market Mechanisms, and Their Applications. AMMA 2011. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 80. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30913-7_19

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