01174nam a22001577a 4500 518412 518412 210922b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Basshuysen, Philippe Van 29438 How to build an institution Philosophy of the Social Sciences 51(2), Mar, 2021: 215-238 How should institutions be designed that “work” in bringing about desirable social outcomes? I study a case of successful institutional design—the redesign of the National Resident Matching Program—and argue that economists assume three roles when designing an institution, each of which complements the other two: first, the designer combines positive and normative modeling to formalize policy goals and to design possible mechanisms for bringing them about. Second, the engineer refines the design by conducting experiments and computational analyses. Third, the plumber implements the design in the real world and mends it as needed. – Reproduced Economic design, Engineering, Plumbing, Normative modeling, Algorithmic bias 27525 Philosophy of the Social Sciences INSTITUTIONS AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 392492 IIPA IIPA 2021-09-22 51(2), Mar, 2021: 215-238 AR125560 2021-09-22 AR