our hypothesis by comparing measures of innovativeness. Based on matching (selectivity on observable covariates) in a …

matching technology and the prevailing surplus sharing rule. The model can be solved for the equilibrium submission fee, desk …

In this note we study the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) algorithm in the US market for physicians. We …. Roth and Peranson, 1999). First, we show that the new NRMP algorithm may not find an existing stable matching, even when …

We consider the general many-to-one matching model with ordinal preferences and give a procedure to partition the set … matching mechanisms; moreover, this reduction is maximal. …

We study two-sided matching markets with couples and show that for a natural preference domain for couples, the domain …. Starting from an arbitrary matching, we construct a path of matchings obtained from 'satisfying' blocking coalitions that … yields a stable matching. Hence, we establish a generalization of Roth and Vande Vate's (1990) result on path convergence to …

. This effect may make the market less efficient than random matching. We show that the rst best can be achieved using either …