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Matching with Quotas

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  • Mikhail Freer

    (Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science and Department of Economics, George Mason University)

  • Mariia Titova

    (Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego)

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The paper characterizes the core of many-to-one matching problem with quotas. The many-to-one matching problem with quotas may have an empty core, and there is no clear set of necessary and sufficient conditions that guarantee non-emptiness of the core. Usual sufficient conditions for non-emptiness of the core for matching problems cannot be applied for the problem with quotas. We introduce set strong substitutability of preferences, a refinement of strong substitutability for the problem with quotas. We show that if preferences are set strongly substitutable, then the core of many-to-one matching problem with quotas is non-empty. Moreover, we prove that in this case the core has a lattice structure with opposition of interests. Length: 16

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  • Mikhail Freer & Mariia Titova, 2015. "Matching with Quotas," Working Papers 1051, George Mason University, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, revised Jul 2016.
    • Handle: RePEc:gms:wpaper:1051
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    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory

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