Economics Working Papers
Title
Publication Date
1-9-2020
Number
20001
Abstract
We evaluate the goal of maximizing the number of individuals matched to acceptable outcomes. We show that it implies incentive, fairness, and implementation impossibilities. Despite that, we present two classes of mechanisms that maximize assignments. The first are Pareto efficient, and undominated, in terms of number of assignments, in equilibrium. The second are fair for unassigned students and assign weakly more students than stable mechanisms in equilibrium. We provide comparisons with well-known mechanisms through computer simulations. Those show that the difference in number of matched agents between the proposed mechanisms and others in the literature is large and significant.
JEL Classification
D47, C78, D63
Version History
Original Release Date: January 9, 2020
Departments
Department of Economics, Iowa State University
File Format
application/pdf
Length
34 pages
Recommended Citation
Afacan, Mustafa Oguz; Bó, Inácio; and Turhan, Bertan, "Assignment Maximization" (2020). Economics Working Papers: Department of Economics, Iowa State University. 20001.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_workingpapers/93
