Mohammad Akbarpour

Mohammad Akbarpour is a Professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business (GSB), affiliated with the Economics Department. His research focuses on market design, network theory, and the intersection of economic and computational methods. He explores topics such as kidney exchange markets, school choice systems, and labor markets, employing tools from computer science to address complex economic problems. His work includes studies on redistributive policies, auctions, dynamic matching, and diffusion in networks. Akbarpour is also affiliated with the School of Engineering as a Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy).

Mohammad Akbarpour is a Professor of Economics at Stanford GSB and (by courtesy) Computer Science at Stanford. His research focuses on Market Design, Redistributive Mechanisms, and Network Theory. He explores how market mechanisms can be designed to achieve fair and efficient outcomes, particularly in contexts involving redistribution and resource allocation. His work also examines the role of network structures in information diffusion and economic decision-making. Key themes include dynamic matching markets, auction design, and the impact of socioeconomic networks on policy responses. His publications address challenges in areas such as kidney exchange, vaccine prioritization, and energy market design.