Capacity design in school choice

B-Tier
Journal: Games and Economic Behavior
Year: 2024
Volume: 146
Issue: C
Pages: 277-291

Authors (3)

Afacan, Mustafa Oğuz (not in RePEc) Dur, Umut (North Carolina State Universit...) Van der Linden, Martin (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.673 = (α=2.02 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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

Abstract

We study a new variant of the school choice problem in which capacities can be altered by distributing additional seats across schools in response to students' reported preferences. We show that heuristic solutions to this capacity design problem can be inefficient, even if they focus on allocating seats to the most demanded schools. We introduce a simple class of algorithms that, in the problem where additional seats can be distributed, characterizes the set of efficient matchings among those that respect priorities. We also investigate the incentive properties of this class of efficient algorithms.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:gamebe:v:146:y:2024:i:c:p:277-291
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25