Welfare of naive and sophisticated players in school choice

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2012
Volume: 115
Issue: 2
Pages: 172-174

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

Abdulkadiroglu et al. (2011) show that some naive participants may be better off under the Boston mechanism than under deferred acceptance. Here we show that under the veil of ignorance all naive students may prefer the Boston mechanism.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:115:y:2012:i:2:p:172-174
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-24