Ex-ante fairness in the Boston and serial dictatorship mechanisms under pre-exam and post-exam preference submission
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Keywords
Preference submission timing; Boston; Serial dictatorship; Ex-ante fairness; Constrained school choice;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
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