Baron, E. Jason; Lombardo, Richard; Ryan, Joseph P.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
In many market-design applications, a new mechanism is introduced to reform an existing institution. Compared to the … design of a mechanism in isolation, the presence of a status-quo system introduces both challenges and opportunities for the … designer. We study this problem in the context of reforming the mechanism used to assign Child Protective Services (CPS …