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Matching with contracts: calculation of the complete set of stable allocations

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  • Eliana Pepa Risma

    (Universidad Nacional de San Luis and CONICET)

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For a many-to-many matching model with contracts, where all the agents have substitutable preferences, we provide an algorithm to compute the full set of stable allocations. This is based on the lattice structure of such set.

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  • Eliana Pepa Risma, 2022. "Matching with contracts: calculation of the complete set of stable allocations," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 93(3), pages 449-461, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:theord:v:93:y:2022:i:3:d:10.1007_s11238-021-09859-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11238-021-09859-4
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