Online matching platforms that lack common informational mechanisms such as ratings and reviews often resort to … design and conduct a randomized field experiment to examine not only who chooses to verify, but also the effectiveness of … better potential partners. Further, the introduction of this voluntary verification facilitates desirable matching outcomes …

over time, post-experiment, suggesting buyers found revelation incen- tive compatible. We find evidence that informative … signaling improved both matching efficiency and match quality …

We run a field experiment to test the truth-telling rates of the theoretically strategy-proof Top Trading Cycles … the matching mechanism. In the second they received a description of the strategy-proofness of the mechanism without … effect of describing the strategy-proofness on truth-telling rates. On the other hand, describing the matching mechanism has …

matching method, some simple theoretical considerations, and evidence from a large-scale natural field experiment on charitable …Is there a way of matching donations that avoids crowding out? And, more generally, what is the best way to utilize a … giving. We compare a standard linear matching scheme with a novel matching scheme in which the matched amount is allocated …

matching for the same project results in partial crowding out in the field experiment and, as predicted, crowding out is … reduced under the novel matching scheme. The lab experiment provides more fine-tuned evidence for the change in crowding and …Is there a way of matching donations that avoids crowding out? We introduce a novel matching method where the matched …