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Ordinal and cardinal solution concepts for two-sided matching

General Economics 2021-02-15 v2 Economics

Abstract

We characterize solutions for two-sided matching, both in the transferable and in the nontransferable-utility frameworks, using a cardinal formulation. Our approach makes the comparison of the matching models with and without transfers particularly transparent. We introduce the concept of a no-trade matching to study the role of transfers in matching. A no-trade matching is one in which the availability of transfers do not affect the outcome.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2102.04337,
  title  = {Ordinal and cardinal solution concepts for two-sided matching},
  author = {Federico Echenique and Alfred Galichon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.04337},
  year   = {2021}
}

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29 pages, 2 figures

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