We theoretically and experimentally study a college admissions problem in which colleges accept students by ranking … students' efforts in entrance exams. Students hold private information regarding their ability level that affects the cost of …, we solve and compare the equilibria of "centralized college admissions" (CCA) in which students apply to all colleges …

We study a college admissions problem in which colleges accept students by ranking students’ efforts in entrance exams …. Students’ ability levels affect the cost of their efforts. We solve and compare the equilibria of “centralized college … admissions” (CCA) where students apply to all colleges and “decentralized college admissions” (DCA) where students only apply to …

We study a college admissions problem in which colleges accept students by ranking students' efforts in entrance exams …. Students' ability levels affect the cost of their efforts. We solve and compare equilibria of "centralized college admissions …" (CCA) where students apply to all colleges and "decentralized college admissions" (DCA) where students only apply to one …

This paper analyzes grading competition between instructors of elective courses when students shop for high course …. First, the school caps top scores directly. Then, grading competition divides students into a concentrated group of … flexible curriculum. Hence, all students will prefer rigid curricula. Third, the school requires that the mean-score ceiling is …

experiments, using both students and managers as subjects. Communication is implemented by two different devices, a ‘standardized … triopoly. Moreover, managers behave in a similar way under the two communication devices, while students are more influenced by … quantities than students, and communication enhances the difference between the subject pools in duopoly but reduces this …

Dictator Game and the Trust Game were conducted in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City on two groups of high school students with … different backgrounds, i.e., French bilingual and monolingual (Vietnamese) students. We find strong evidence for the presence of … these two phenomena: our micro-analysis of within- and betweenschool effects show that bilingual students exhibit higher …

examiner sets the predictability of exam content in the first stage (via content clue provision) and students exert learning …-generated) test,” “spoon-feeding” information to students, reviewing to the test, and re-testing students. Moreover, an instructor …

model of college admissions in which a college disagrees with society on which students should be admitted. We show how the … preferred student pool. We discuss which students either benefit from or are harmed by a test-optional policy. In an application …