Application Costs in Sequential Admission Mechanisms

This paper considers a realistic family of admission mechanisms, with multiple applications and application costs. Multiple applications impose serious coordination problems to colleges, but application costs restore stability. Without application costs and under incomplete information unstable allocations emerge.

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Triossi, Matteo
Institutions:	Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università degli Studi di Torino
Subject:	Application Costs \| Matching Markets \| Implementation

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Carlo Alberto Notebooks.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 23 9 pages
Classification:	C78 - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory ; D78 - Positive Analysis of Policy-Making and Implementation
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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