Matching through institutions

B-Tier
Journal: Games and Economic Behavior
Year: 2020
Volume: 121
Issue: C
Pages: 204-231

Authors (3)

Bloch, Francis (Paris School of Economics) Cantala, David (not in RePEc) Gibaja, Damián (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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

Abstract

We analyze a three-sided matching market where institutions own objects and individuals belong to institutions. Institutions pool their objects to enlarge the choice set of individuals. For any institution, the number of individuals who receive an object must be equal to the number of objects initially owned. Under this distributional constraint, individually rational and fair assignments may fail to exist. However, when the number of individuals is sufficiently large, fair assignments exist and can be found using a new algorithm, called the Nested Deferred Acceptance algorithm with interrupters (NDAI). This procedure nests a one-to-one matching between agents and objects and a one-to-many matching between objects and institutions. We show that it outputs a matching which is Pareto optimal among fair matchings and strategy-proof for individuals. When agents belong to several institutions, the NDAI results in assignments which are fair for agents of the same institution.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:gamebe:v:121:y:2020:i:c:p:204-231
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24