About

Umut Dur is a faculty member associated with the Poole College of Management at NC State University. The provided page does not include specific details about his research focus, background, or key contributions. The page primarily lists him as a member of the People Management Advisory Board, which aims to support faculty in providing relevant education and meaningful research related to modern business environments. No additional biographical or research information is available from the provided content.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Political Science
• Sociology
• Mathematics
• Economics
• Artificial Intelligence
• Psychology
• Law
• Demographic economics
• Econometrics
• Mathematics education
• Finance
• Demography
• Physics
• Mathematical economics
• Pedagogy
• Quantum mechanics
• Developmental psychology
• Operations research
• Microeconomics

Selected publications

• Hajj Quota Allocation as a Market Design Problem

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2026-01-01

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• College admissions with budget complementarities

  International Journal of Game Theory · 2026-01-26

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• The attraction of magnet schools: Evidence from embedded lotteries in school assignment

  Economics of Education Review · 2025-07-08

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• Market Design for Distributional Objectives in (Re)assignment: An Application to Improve the Distribution of Teachers in Schools

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025-01-01 · 6 citations

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• Market Design Approach to Saudi Arabia's Quota-Based Labor Policy

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025-01-01

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• Seat allocation problem in public transportation

  Scandinavian Journal of Economics · 2025-10-30

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  Abstract We study a seat allocation problem in public transportation with potential seating restrictions. We first demonstrate that the commonly used procedure suffers from significant drawbacks, including welfare losses due to unfilled seats. We then introduce a new mechanism that addresses these deficiencies while also satisfying several other desirable properties under various seating restrictions. We also show that our proposed mechanism ensures that the maximum number of agents are seated while respecting agents' preferences and priority rankings.

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• Improving the deferred acceptance with minimal compromise

  Games and Economic Behavior · 2025-12-11

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• Partitionable choice functions and stability

  Social Choice and Welfare · 2024-07-09 · 3 citations

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• The Attraction of Magnet Schools: Evidence from Embedded Lotteries in School Assignment

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2024-01-01 · 1 citations

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• Seat Allocation Problem in Public Transportation

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2024-01-01 · 1 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Mustafa Og̃uz Afacan

  Qatar University

  13 shared

• Parag A. Pathak

  11 shared

• Thayer Morrill

  North Carolina State University

  11 shared

• Tayfun Sönmez

  Boston College

  11 shared

• Robert G. Hammond

  9 shared

• M. Utku Ünver

  7 shared

• Onur Kesten

  University of Sydney

  6 shared

• Scott Duke Kominers

  4 shared

Awards & honors

• Summer Research Award (2019)
• Faculty Research Award Recipient: Umut Dur, Economics (2017)