School choice and information: an experimental study on matching mechanisms

We present an experimental study where we analyze three well-known matching mechanisms—the Boston, the Gale-Shapley, and the Top Trading Cycles mechanisms—in three different informational set¬tings. Our experimental results are consistent with the theory, sug-gesting that the TTC mechanism outperfor...

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Main Author: Pais, Joana (author)
Other Authors: Pintér, Agnes (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2631
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/2631