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Paths to stability in two-sided matching with uncertainty

Lazarova, Emiliya; Dimitrov, Dinko - 2013

existence of paths to stability in each of the uncertainty environments. Existence of stable and consistent outcomes then …

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The Cooperative Theory of Two Sided Matching Problems: A Re-examination of Some Results

Lahiri, Somdeb - 2004

We show that, given two matchings of which say the second is stable, if (a) no firm prefers the first matching to the second, and (b) no firm and the worker it is paired with under the second matching prefer each other to their respective assignments in the first matching, then no worker prefers...

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Decentralised Job Matching

Haeringer, Guillaume; Wooders, Myrna - 2003

This paper studies a decentralised job market model where firms (academic departments) propose sequentially a (unique) position to some workers (Ph.D. candidates). Successful candidates then decide whether to accept the offers, and departments whose positions remain unfilled propose to other...

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Climate Change and the Stability of Water Allocation Agreements

Ansink, Erik; Ruijs, Arjan - 2007

stability of water allocation agreements, using a game theoretic model. We consider the effects of climate change and the choice … of a sharing rule on stability. Our results show that both a decrease in mean river flow and an increase in the variance … of river flow decrease the stability of an agreement. An agreement where the downstream country is allocated a fixed …

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The Stability of Exchange Networks

Dogan, Gönül; van Assen, M.A.L.M.; van de Rijt, Arnout; … - 2007

This paper develops a formal model of exchange network stability that combines expected value theory (Friedkin 1995 …

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Cooperation, Stability and Self-Enforcement in International Environmental Agreements: A Conceptual Discussion

Tulkens, Henry; Chander, Parkash - 2006

of view of stability. After recalling the two competing concepts of stability in use in the IEA literature, new insights …. Free riding is also evaluated in relation with the alternative forms of stability under scrutiny. Finally, it is asked … efficiency and stability. A skeptical answer is offered, as a reply to Barrett's (2003) attempt at giving the notion a specific …

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Many-to-One Matching when Colleagues Matter

Revilla, Pablo - 2007

This paper studies many-to-one matching market in which each agent's preferences not only depend on the institution that hires her, but also on the group of her colleagues, which are matched to the same institution. With an unrestricted domain of preferences the non-emptiness of the core is not...

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Multiple membership and federal structures

Le Breton, Michel; Makarov, Valery; Savvateev, Alexei; … - 2008

We consider a model of the 'world' with several regions that may create a unified entity or be partitioned into several unions (countries). The regions have distinct preferences over policies chosen in the country to which they belong and equally share the cost of public policies. It is known...

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Coalitional matchings

Dimitrov, Dinko; Lazarova, Emiliya - 2008

A coalitional matching is a two-sided matching problem in which agents on each side of the market may form coalitions such as student groups and research teams who - when matched - form universities. We assume that each researcher has preferences over the research teams he would like to work in...

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Status-seeking in hedonic games with heterogeneous players

Lazarova, Emiliya; Dimitrov, Dinko - 2010

We study hedonic games with heterogeneous player types that reflect her nationality, ethnic background, or skill type. Agents' preferences are dictated by status-seeking where status can be either local or global. The two dimensions of status define the two components of a generalized constant...

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