We conduct one of the first laboratory experiments and noncooperative analyses of the de-centralized matching market … but some differ from experimental evidence. Stable matching, which coincides with efficient matching in this setting, is … core and whether efficient matching is assortative determine the rate of matching, efficient matching, and surplus achieved …

Matching markets can be unstable when individuals prefer to be matched to a partner who also wants to be matched with … preferences exist, significantly decrease stability in matching markets, and are driven both by belief-based and preference …

We study an experiment of the students-proposing deferred acceptance mechanism (DA) in matching markets where firms are … higher ranking. This experiment confirms that the matching results under DA influence students’ preference formation, which …

irreversible investment. Subjects had the option to trade a safe endowment for a claim on the sum of future realizations from a … initially bet on the state of the world to obtain the high drift, subjects in the treatment group seize the investment at …

an incentivized dictator game) and investment in an Islamic fund. Using a lab experiment in a Muslim majority country … investors with religious preferences are likely to accept less convenient returns and risk to pursue the investment in line with … their religious preferences. We find that investment in the Islamic fund is driven by religious preferences, with investors …

This paper analyzes fairness and bargaining in a dynamic bilateral matching market. Traders from both sides of the …

This paper analyzes fairness and bargaining in a dynamic bilateral matching market. Traders from both sides of the …