In centralized matching markets, such as kidney exchange schemes and car-pooling platforms, new participants constantly enter the market and remain available for potential matches during a limited period of time. To reach an efficient allocation, the "timing" of the matching decisions is a...

Two-sided matching platforms can control and optimize over many aspects of the search for partners. To understand how matching platforms should be designed, we introduce a dynamic two-sided search model with strategic agents who must bear a cost to discover their value for each potential...