Efficiency and maximality in anonymous two-sided economies

B-Tier
Journal: Games and Economic Behavior
Year: 2024
Volume: 146
Issue: C
Pages: 184-195

Authors (2)

Afodjo, Nabil (not in RePEc) Pongou, Roland (Université d'Ottawa)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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

Abstract

We study efficiency and maximality in anonymous two-sided economies, where each agent only cares about trading with a desired number of partners from the opposite side. For both homogeneous and heterogeneous economies, we provide a necessary and sufficient condition that ensures the efficiency of all pairwise stable matchings. In addition, we provide a sufficient condition for maximality in heterogeneous economies. These conditions have implications for the design of anonymous markets that function optimally without the continuous intervention of a social planner.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:gamebe:v:146:y:2024:i:c:p:184-195
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29