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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Two-sided matching"”.
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Estimating the Preference of Countries and Multinational Corporations Using Two-Sided Matching Model
… where FDI locates. Failing to recognize this two-sided matching nature of the FDI market, not only do existing models of FDI produce wrong estimates of MNCs' preference, they also prevent us from investigating countries' preference. I introduce the two-sided matching model, investigate …
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School choice, competition and ethnic segregation in Lancashire : evidence from structural models of two-sided matching
… adopts a structural game-theoretic model of two-sided matchings, and develops an innovative method to estimate the parameters of the random utility model. In developing the method the thesis considers the inferential properties – notably identification and large-sample bias – of two-sided …
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Essays in information elicitation and market design
… three essays in microeconomic theory. The first two focus on how to elicit information about the state of the world from strategic agents, either to make a decision or for its own sake. The third studies a model of decentralized two-sided matching markets. In ""Mechanisms for making accurate …
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Match Stability with a Costly and Flexible Number of Positions
<p>One of the objectives of two-sided matching mechanisms is to pair two groups of agents such that there is no incentive for pair deviation. The outcome of a match can significantly impact participants. While much of the existing research in this field addresses the matching with fixed quotas, …
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An analysis of the USMC FITREP: contemporary or inflexible?
… Firstly, to attempt to provide validity for the two-sided matching process; secondly, analyze FITREP attributes to determine their suitability for a weighted criteria evaluation system and; thirdly, compare the USMC promotion and assignment process with contemporary human resource management …
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Three essays in real estate economics
… consists of three separate essays. The first two essays focus on real estate brokerage; one studies the conditions for efficient employment in the real estate brokerage industry under fixed commission rates and the other examines the role of real estate agents in buyer-seller bargaining. The …
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Essays on Matching With Endogenous Effort
This thesis extends the two-sided matching literature by including an endogenous effort choice after the matching stage. We examine how different matching rules affect incentives to exert effort and the costs paid to induce various effort levels in three settings: a legal system, an education …
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Essays in Market Design
… mechanisms and proposes new mechanisms for two-sided matching markets, with a particular focus on the role played by diversity preferences and affirmative action. In the first chapter, "Diversity Preferences, Affirmative Action and Choice Rules'', I introduce a framework to analyze diversity …
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Essays in Behavioral Macroeconomics and Mechanism Design
This thesis is in two parts. The first part of the thesis, "Essays in Behavioral Macroeconomics," is motivated by the simple observation that the macroeconomy is complicated; many households and firms interact across myriad markets in ways that change over time. This part of the thesis studies, …
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Three essays on matching over characteristics
… alternative method of eliciting preferences in a two-sided, one-to-one matching market. In the second chapter, I analyze this method of eliciting preferences in a two-sided, many-to-one matching setting with different primitives on preferences. Finally, in the third chapter, I use survey data to …