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Chinese College Admissions and School Choice Reforms: A Theoretical Analysis
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- Klijn, Flip & Pais, Joana & Vorsatz, Marc, 2019.
"Static versus dynamic deferred acceptance in school choice: Theory and experiment,"
Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 147-163.
- Flip Klijn & Joana Pais & Marc Vorsatz, 2016. "Static versus Dynamic Deferred Acceptance in School Choice: Theory and Experiment," Working Papers 926, Barcelona School of Economics.
- Joana Pais & Flip Klijn & Marc Vorsatz, 2017. "Static versus Dynamic Deferred Acceptance in School Choice: Theory and Experiment," Working Papers REM 2017/04, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, REM, Universidade de Lisboa.
- Chen, Yan & Jiang, Ming & Kesten, Onur & Robin, Stéphane & Zhu, Min, 2018.
"Matching in the large: An experimental study,"
Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 295-317.
- Yan Chen & Ming Jiang & Onur Kesten & Stéphane Robin & Min Zhu, 2017. "Matching in the Large: An Experimental Study," Working Papers halshs-01432941, HAL.
- Yan Chen & Min Jiang & Onur Kesten & Stéphane Robin & Min Zhu, 2018. "Matching in the large: An experimental study," Post-Print hal-01823548, HAL.
- Yan Chen & Ming Jiang & Onur Kesten & Stéphane Robin & Min Zhu, 2017. "Matching in the Large: An Experimental Study," Working Papers 1702, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon.
- Thierry Magnac, 2018.
"Quels étudiants pour quelles universités ? Analyses empiriques de mécanismes d’allocation centralisée,"
Revue économique, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 69(5), pages 683-708.
- Magnac, Thierry, 2018. "Quels étudiants pour quelles universités ? Analyses empiriques de mécanismes d'allocation centralisée," TSE Working Papers 18-899, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
- Lu, Yi & Shi, Xinzheng & Zhong, Songfa, 2018. "Competitive experience and gender difference in risk preference, trust preference and academic performance: Evidence from Gaokao in China," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 46(4), pages 1388-1410.
- Li, Mengling, 2020. "Ties matter: Improving efficiency in course allocation by allowing ties," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 178(C), pages 354-384.
- Ayoade, Nickesha & Pápai, Szilvia, 2023.
"School choice with preference rank classes,"
Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 137(C), pages 317-341.
- Nickesha Ayoade & Szilvia Pápai, 2020. "School Choice with Preference Rank Classes," Working Papers 20002, Concordia University, Department of Economics.
- Bo, Shiyu & Liu, Jing & Shiu, Ji-Liang & Song, Yan & Zhou, Sen, 2019. "Admission mechanisms and the mismatch between colleges and students: Evidence from a large administrative dataset from China," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 27-37.
- Somouaoga Bonkoungou & Alexander S. Nesterov, 2020.
"Comparing School Choice and College Admission Mechanisms By Their Immunity to Strategic Admissions,"
Papers
2001.06166, arXiv.org, revised Jan 2020.
- Somouaoga Bonkoungou & Alexander Nesterov, 2020. "Comparing School Choice And College Admission Mechanisms By Their Immunity To Strategic Admissions," HSE Working papers WP BRP 222/EC/2020, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
- Decerf, Benoit & Van der Linden, Martin, 2021. "Manipulability in school choice," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 197(C).
- Li Chen & Juan S. Pereyra & Min Zhu, 2022. "Time-constrained Dynamic Mechanisms for College Admissions," Papers 2207.12179, arXiv.org.
- Dur, Umut & Hammond, Robert G. & Kesten, Onur, 2021. "Sequential school choice: Theory and evidence from the field and lab," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
- Bó, Inácio & Hakimov, Rustamdjan, 2022.
"The iterative deferred acceptance mechanism,"
Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 411-433.
- Bó, Inácio Guerberoff Lanari & Hakimov, Rustamdjan, 2016. "The iterative deferred acceptance mechanism," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Behavior SP II 2016-212, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
- Julien Combe, 2023.
"Reallocation with priorities and minimal envy mechanisms,"
Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 76(2), pages 551-584, August.
- Julien Combe, 2022. "Reallocation with Priorities and Minimal Envy Mechanisms," Post-Print hal-03951678, HAL.
- Hafalir, Isa E. & Hakimov, Rustamdjan & Kübler, Dorothea & Kurino, Morimitsu, 2018.
"College admissions with entrance exams: Centralized versus decentralized,"
EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 176, pages 886-934.
- Hafalir, Isa E. & Hakimov, Rustamdjan & Kübler, Dorothea & Kurino, Morimitsu, 2018. "College admissions with entrance exams: Centralized versus decentralized," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 176(C), pages 886-934.
- Isa Hafalir & Rustamdjan Hakimov & Dorothea Kubler & Morimitsu Kurino, "undated". "College Admissions with Entrance Exams: Centralized versus Decentralized," GSIA Working Papers 2015-E7, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business.
- Isa E. Hafalir & Rustamdjan Hakimov & Dorothea Kübler & Morimitsu Kurino, 2016. "College Admissions with Entrance Exams: Centralized versus Decentralized," SFB 649 Discussion Papers SFB649DP2016-003, Sonderforschungsbereich 649, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
- Hafalir, Isa E. & Hakimov, Rustamdjan & Kübler, Dorothea & Kurino, Morimitsu, 2014. "College admissions with entrance exams: Centralized versus decentralized," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Behavior SP II 2014-208, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
- Yan Chen & Yingzhi Liang & Tayfun Sönmez, 2016. "School choice under complete information: An experimental study," The Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design, Society for the Promotion of Mechanism and Institution Design, University of York, vol. 1(1), pages 45-82, December.
- Pu, Yun, 2021. "College admissions in three Chinese provinces: Boston mechanism vs. deferred acceptance mechanism," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).
- Qianfeng Tang & Yongchao Zhang, 2021. "Weak stability and Pareto efficiency in school choice," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 71(2), pages 533-552, March.
- David Cantala & Juan Sebastián Pereyra, 2017. "Priority-driven behaviors under the Boston mechanism," Review of Economic Design, Springer;Society for Economic Design, vol. 21(1), pages 49-63, March.
- Chen, Binkai & Lin, Wei & Wang, Ao, 2021. "The causal impact of economics education on decision-making: Evidence from a natural experiment in China," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 188(C), pages 1124-1143.
- Ha, Wei & Kang, Le & Song, Yang, 2020. "College matching mechanisms and matching stability: Evidence from a natural experiment in China," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 175(C), pages 206-226.
- Cao, Yuan, 2020. "Centralized assignment mechanisms and assortative matching: Evidence from Chinese universities," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 177(C), pages 255-276.
- Somouaoga Bonkoungou, 2021. "Decentralized college admissions under single application," Review of Economic Design, Springer;Society for Economic Design, vol. 25(1), pages 65-91, June.
- Estelle Cantillon & Li Chen & Juan S. Pereyra, 2022. "Respecting priorities versus respecting preferences in school choice: When is there a trade-off?," Papers 2212.02881, arXiv.org, revised Jan 2024.
- Atı̇la Abdulkadı̇roğlu & Joshua D. Angrist & Yusuke Narita & Parag Pathak, 2022.
"Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design,"
Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 90(1), pages 117-151, January.
- Atila Abdulkadiroglu & Joshua D. Angrist & Yusuke Narita & Parag A. Pathak, 2019. "Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2170R Publication Status:, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, revised Dec 2020.
- Abdulkadiroglu, Atila & Angrist, Joshua & Narita, Yusuke & Pathak, Parag A., 2019. "Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design," IZA Discussion Papers 12205, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Atila Abdulkadiroglu & Joshua D. Angrist & Yusuke Narita & Parag Pathak, 2020. "Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design," Papers 2101.01093, arXiv.org.
- Atila Abdulkadiroglu & Joshua Angrist & Yusuke Narita & Parag Pathak, 2019. "Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design," Working Papers 2019-024, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
- Atila Abdulkadiroglu & Joshua D. Angrist & Yusuke Narita & Parag A. Pathak, 2019. "Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2170, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
- Reischmann, Tobias & Klein, Thilo & Giegerich, Sven, 2021. "An iterative deferred acceptance mechanism for decentralized, fast and fair childcare assignment," ZEW Discussion Papers 21-095, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
- Dimakopoulos, Philipp D. & Heller, C.-Philipp, 2019. "Matching with waiting times: The German entry-level labor market for lawyers," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 289-313.
- Hakimov, Rustamdjan & Kübler, Dorothea, 2021.
"Experiments on centralized school choice and college admissions: a survey,"
EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 24(2), pages 434-488.
- Rustamdjan Hakimov & Dorothea Kübler, 2021. "Experiments on centralized school choice and college admissions: a survey," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 24(2), pages 434-488, June.
- Tayfun Sonmez & Utku Unver, 2022. "Market Design for Social Justice: A Case Study on a Constitutional Crisis in India," Papers 2210.10166, arXiv.org, revised Nov 2022.
- Christian Basteck & Marco Mantovani, 2023.
"Aiding applicants: leveling the playing field within the immediate acceptance mechanism,"
Review of Economic Design, Springer;Society for Economic Design, vol. 27(1), pages 187-220, February.
- Basteck, Christian & Mantovani, Marco, 2021. "Aiding Applicants: Leveling the Playing Field within the Immediate Acceptance Mechanism," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 303, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
- Basteck, Christian & Mantovani, Marco, 2021. "Aiding applicants: Leveling the playing field within the immediate acceptance mechanism," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Behavior SP II 2021-203, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
- TANAKA Mari & NARITA Yusuke & MORIGUCHI Chiaki, 2020.
"Meritocracy and Its Discontent: Long-run Effects of Repeated School Admission Reforms,"
Discussion papers
20002, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
- Chiaki Moriguchi & Yusuke Narita & Mari Tanaka, 2024. "Meritocracy and Its Discontents: Long-run Effects of Repeated School Admission Reforms," Papers 2402.04429, arXiv.org.
- Bonkoungou, Somouaoga & Nesterov, Alexander, 2023. "Incentives in matching markets: counting and comparing manipulating agents," Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 18(3), July.
- Guillen, Pablo & Kesten, Onur & Kiefer, Alexander & Melatos, Mark, 2020. "Evaluating Advice in a Matching Mechanism with Experienced Participants: An Experimental Study of University Applicant Behaviour in Australia," Working Papers 2020-13, University of Sydney, School of Economics.
- Aram Grigoryan & Markus Moller, 2023. "A Theory of Auditability for Allocation and Social Choice Mechanisms," Papers 2305.09314, arXiv.org, revised Aug 2023.
- Kondratev, Aleksei Y. & Nesterov, Alexander S., 2022. "Minimal envy and popular matchings," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 296(3), pages 776-787.
- Umut Dur & Parag A. Pathak & Fei Song & Tayfun Sönmez, 2022.
"Deduction Dilemmas: The Taiwan Assignment Mechanism,"
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 14(1), pages 164-185, February.
- Umut M. Dur & Parag A. Pathak & Fei Song & Tayfun Sönmez, 2018. "Deduction Dilemmas: The Taiwan Assignment Mechanism," NBER Working Papers 25024, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Benoit Decerf & Guillaume Haeringer & Martin Van der Linden, 2024. "Incontestable Assignments," Papers 2401.03598, arXiv.org, revised Feb 2024.
- Afacan, Mustafa Og̃uz & Dur, Umut Mert, 2017. "When preference misreporting is Harm[less]ful?," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 16-24.
- Guillen, Pablo & Kesten, Onur & Kiefer, Alexander & Melatos, Mark, 2020. "A Field Evaluation of a Matching Mechanism: University Applicant Behaviour in Australia," Working Papers 2020-15, University of Sydney, School of Economics.
- Yuanju Fang, 2021. "School Choice in Guangzhou: Why High-Scoring Students Are Protected?," Games, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-12, April.
- William Thomson, 2018. "On the terminology of economic design: a critical assessment and some proposals," Review of Economic Design, Springer;Society for Economic Design, vol. 22(1), pages 67-99, June.
- Estelle Cantillon & Li Chen & Juan Sebastian Pereyra Barreiro, 2022.
"Respecting priorities versus respecting preferences in school choice: When is there a trade-off ?,"
Working Papers ECARES
2022-39, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
- Estelle Cantillon & Li Chen & Juan Sebastian Pereyra Barreiro, 2024. "Respecting Priorities versus Respecting Preferences In School Choice: When is there a Trade-off?," Working Papers ECARES 2024-03, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
- EHLERS, Lars & MASSO, Jordi, 2018.
"Robust design in monotonic matching markets: A case for firm-proposing deferred-acceptance,"
Cahiers de recherche
2018-02, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques.
- Lars EHLERS & Jordi MASSO, 2018. "Robust Design in Monotonic Matching Markets : A Case for Firm-Proposing Deferred-Acceptance," Cahiers de recherche 04-2018, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ.
- Benoit Decerf & Francois Woitrin, 2022. "Criteria to compare mechanisms that partially satisfy a property: an axiomatic study," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 58(4), pages 835-862, May.
- Troyan, Peter & Morrill, Thayer, 2020. "Obvious manipulations," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 185(C).
- Du, Xinming, 2023. "Competing with clean air: Pollution disclosure and college desirability," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 204(PA).
- Andersson, Tommy & Dur, Umut & Ertemel, Sinan & Kesten, Onur, 2018. "Sequential School Choice with Public and Private Schools," Working Papers 2018:39, Lund University, Department of Economics, revised 31 Oct 2023.
- Chen, Yan & Kesten, Onur, 2019. "Chinese college admissions and school choice reforms: An experimental study," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 83-100.
- Graff Zivin, Joshua & Song, Yingquan & Tang, Qu & Zhang, Peng, 2020.
"Temperature and high-stakes cognitive performance: Evidence from the national college entrance examination in China,"
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
- Joshua S. Graff Zivin & Yingquan Song & Qu Tang & Peng Zhang, 2018. "Temperature and High-Stakes Cognitive Performance: Evidence from the National College Entrance Examination in China," NBER Working Papers 24821, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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- Benoit Decerf, 2023. "A modification aimed at reducing the manipulability and inefficiency of the Boston school choice mechanism," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 60(1), pages 75-101, January.
- Li, Dai & Wang, Yizhen & Li, Lantian, 2023. "Educational choice has greater effects on sex ratios of college STEM majors than has the greater male variance in general intelligence (g)," Intelligence, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
- Camille Terrier & Parag A. Pathak & Kevin Ren, 2021.
"From Immediate Acceptance to Deferred Acceptance: Effects on School Admissions and Achievement in England,"
NBER Working Papers
29600, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Parag A. Pathak & Kevin Ren & Camille Terrier, 2021. "From immediate acceptance to deferred acceptance: effects on school admissions and achievement in England," CEP Discussion Papers dp1815, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Hakimov, Rustamdjan & Kübler, Dorothea & Pan, Siqi, 2021. "Costly Information Acquisition in Centralized Matching Markets," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 280, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
- Yusuke Narita, 2020. "A Theory of Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of School Quality," Working Papers 2020-085, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
- Kong, Dongmin & Zhang, Bohui & Zhang, Jian, 2022. "Higher education and corporate innovation," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
- Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen & Emil Chrisander, 2022. "Voluntary Information Disclosure in Centralized Matching: Efficiency Gains and Strategic Properties," Papers 2206.15096, arXiv.org.
- Zhenhua Jiao & Ziyang Shen & Guoqiang Tian, 2022. "When is the deferred acceptance mechanism responsive to priority-based affirmative action?," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 58(2), pages 257-282, February.
- Atila Abdulkadiroglu & Tommy Andersson, 2022.
"School Choice,"
NBER Working Papers
29822, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Abdulkadiroglu, Atila & Andersson, Tommy, 2022. "School Choice," Working Papers 2022:4, Lund University, Department of Economics.
- Tong Wang & Congyi Zhou, 2020. "High school admission reform in China: a welfare analysis," Review of Economic Design, Springer;Society for Economic Design, vol. 24(3), pages 215-269, December.
- Hakimov, Rustamdjan & Kübler, Dorothea, 2019.
"Experiments On Matching Markets: A Survey,"
Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series
153, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
- Hakimov, Rustamdjan & Kübler, Dorothea, 2019. "Experiments on matching markets: A survey," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Behavior SP II 2019-205, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
- Yan Chen & Peter Cramton & John A. List & Axel Ockenfels, 2021.
"Market Design, Human Behavior, and Management,"
Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 67(9), pages 5317-5348, September.
- Yan Chen & Peter Cramton & John List & Axel Ockenfels, 2020. "Market Design, Human Behavior and Management," Artefactual Field Experiments 00685, The Field Experiments Website.
- Yan Chen & Peter Cramton & John A. List & Axel Ockenfels, 2020. "Market Design, Human Behavior, and Management," NBER Working Papers 26873, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Umut Dur & Robert G. Hammond & Thayer Morrill, 2019. "The Secure Boston Mechanism: theory and experiments," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 22(4), pages 918-953, December.
- Dur, Umut Mert & Morrill, Thayer, 2020. "What you don't know can help you in school assignment," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 246-256.
- Somouaoga Bonkoungou & Alexander Nesterov, 2020. "Reforms meet fairness concerns in school and college admissions," Papers 2009.05245, arXiv.org, revised Jan 2022.
- Tayfun Sönmez & M. Utku Ünver, 2022. "How (not) to reform India's affirmative action policies for its economically weaker segments," Boston College Working Papers in Economics 1054, Boston College Department of Economics.
- Wu, Binzhen & Zhong, Xiaohan, 2020. "Matching inequality and strategic behavior under the Boston mechanism: Evidence from China's college admissions," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 123(C), pages 1-21.
- Jiao, Zhenhua & Tian, Guoqiang, 2019. "Responsive affirmative action in school choice: A comparison study," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 181(C), pages 140-145.
- Tobias Reischmann & Thilo Klein & Sven Giegerich, 2021. "A deferred acceptance mechanism for decentralized, fast, and fair childcare assignment," The Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design, Society for the Promotion of Mechanism and Institution Design, University of York, vol. 6(1), pages 59-100, December.
- Pan, Siqi, 2019. "The instability of matching with overconfident agents," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 396-415.
- Itai Ashlagi & Amin Saberi & Ali Shameli, 2020. "Assignment Mechanisms Under Distributional Constraints," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 68(2), pages 467-479, March.
- Kawagoe, Toshiji & Matsubae, Taisuke & Takizawa, Hirokazu, 2018. "The Skipping-down strategy and stability in school choice problems with affirmative action: Theory and experiment," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 212-239.
- Mustafa Oğuz Afacan & Umut Dur, 2023. "Strategy‐proof size improvement: is it possible?," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 125(2), pages 321-338, April.
- Cho, Wonki Jo & Hafalir, Isa E. & Lim, Wooyoung, 2022. "Tie-breaking and efficiency in the laboratory school choice," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 205(C).
- Adam Kapor & Mohit Karnani & Christopher Neilson, 2019. "Negative Externalities of Off Platform Options and the Efficiency of Centralized Assignment Mechanisms," Working Papers 635, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
- Yusuke Narita, 2021. "A Theory of Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of School Quality," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 67(8), pages 4982-5010, August.
- Kesten, Onur & Kurino, Morimitsu, 2019. "Strategy-proof improvements upon deferred acceptance: A maximal domain for possibility," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 120-143.
- Zhong, Xiaohan & Zhu, Lin, 2021. "The medium-run efficiency consequences of unfair school matching: Evidence from Chinese college admissions," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 224(2), pages 271-285.
- Ma, Liping & Li, Xin & Zhu, Qiong & Ye, Xiaoyang, 2023. "College-major choice to college-then-major choice: Experimental evidence from Chinese college admissions reforms," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
- Eduardo Duque & Juan Pablo Torres-Martinez, 2022. "The Strong Effects of Weak Externalities on School Choice," Working Papers wp542, University of Chile, Department of Economics.