preferences. I investigate this question in an environment of matching allocation problems. There are two reasons for doing so … in any which way to obtain results on the welfare properties of trade. Secondly, some matching allocation mechanisms have …

Gale and Shapley (1962) proposed the deferred-acceptance algorithm for matching (i) college applicants and colleges and … always Pareto-optimal: No other matching is at least as good for all the players and better for one or more. If there are …

-called matching approaches. Matching schemes are regarded as providing a promising approach to overcome under supply of public goods … like climate protection. The functioning of matching mechanisms in a setting with an incomplete agreement, i.e. a contract … by analyzing incomplete matching agreements in the context of international climate protection. We analyze their effect …