Stable Matching With Incomplete Information

S-Tier
Journal: Econometrica
Year: 2014
Volume: 82
Issue: 2
Pages: 541-587

Authors (4)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We formulate a notion of stable outcomes in matching problems with one‐sided asymmetric information. The key conceptual problem is to formulate a notion of a blocking pair that takes account of the inferences that the uninformed agent might make. We show that the set of stable outcomes is nonempty in incomplete‐information environments, and is a superset of the set of complete‐information stable outcomes. We then provide sufficient conditions for incomplete‐information stable matchings to be efficient. Lastly, we define a notion of price‐sustainable allocations and show that the set of incomplete‐information stable matchings is a subset of the set of such allocations.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:wly:emetrp:v:82:y:2014:i:2:p:541-587
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
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2026-01-25