I study the relationship between a matching platform's design and users' welfare. Increasing users' number of prospects has a positive choice effect (users are more likely to find a desirable partner) and a negative competition effect (users are less likely to match). The interaction of choice...

I study how a matching platform's design affects users' welfare and probability of matching (outcomes) and the strategic decisions behind such a design. I consider a two-sided matching model in which each agent has a limited number of prospects. An increase in agents' number of prospects has two...