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Subject Matching: A Case Study On Two-Sided Matching

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  • XIAOLIN XING

    (Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Singapore)

  • YUNHUA LIU

    (Division of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Abstract

This paper investigates subject matching in the National University of Singapore (NUS). The matching process is conducted in a primary market and a secondary market. In the primary market, students and departments are matched by a centralized matching procedure, based on their submitted preferences. Students who are not satisfied with their allocations in the primary market can choose to join the secondary market. By comparing matching results in these two markets, we show how a centralized matching procedure and a decentralized matching procedure can work together to produce a desirable outcome, especially in a many-to-many matching market.

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  • Xiaolin Xing & Yunhua Liu, 2005. "Subject Matching: A Case Study On Two-Sided Matching," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 50(02), pages 155-168.
  • Handle: RePEc:wsi:serxxx:v:50:y:2005:i:02:n:s0217590805001949
    DOI: 10.1142/S0217590805001949
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