Economics Working Papers
Publication Date
2-2020
Number
20005
Abstract
In many real-world institutions, there are restrictions for some slots (if not all) either on slot priorities or on the transferability of unfilled slots over others (or both). We construct a rich family of practical choice rules, slot-specific priorities with capacity transfers (SSPwCT), that utilize both independent slot priorities and transferability of vacant slots. We show that the cumulative offer mechanism (COM) is stable, strategy-proof and respects improvements with regards to SSPwCT choice rules. Transferring the capacity of one more unfilled slot, while all else is constant, leads to strategy-proof Pareto improvement of the COM. We also provide comparative static results for expansion of branch capacity and addition of new contracts. Our results have implications for resource allocation problems with diversity considerations.
JEL Classification
C78, D47
Version History
Original Release Date: February 2020
Departments
Department of Economics, Iowa State University
File Format
application/pdf
Length
32 pages
Recommended Citation
Avataneo, Michelle and Turhan, Bertan, "Slot-specific Priorities with Capacity Transfers" (2020). Economics Working Papers: Department of Economics, Iowa State University. 20005.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_workingpapers/100
