Strategic Performance of Deferred Acceptance in Dynamic Matching Problems

B-Tier
Journal: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
Year: 2019
Volume: 11
Issue: 2
Pages: 55-97

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

In dynamic matching problems, priorities often depend on previous allocations and create opportunities for manipulations that are absent in static problems. In the dynamic school choice problem, students can manipulate the period-by-period deferred acceptance (DA) mechanism. With a commonly used restriction on the schools' priorities, manipulation vanishes as the number of agents increases, but without it the mechanism can be manipulated, even in large economies. We also check manipulation in large finite economies through a novel computer algorithm, which can check every possible manipulation by examining all the different matchings that a single player can induce.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aejmic:v:11:y:2019:i:2:p:55-97
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25