The properness of weak stability notions

Luosai Zhang

Economics Letters, 2025, vol. 247, issue C

Abstract: Multiple weak stability notions have been proposed for two-sided matching problems, each based on a different perspective to justify the existence of certain blocking pairs. We introduce a criterion, called properness, to evaluate these weak stability notions. We say a notion of weak stability is proper if, whenever a matching is weakly stable, every matching that is more stable than it (admitting a subset of blocking pairs) is also weakly stable. We show that among existing notions of weak stability: the von Neumann and Morgenstern stable set, reasonable stability, α-equitability, partial stability, and the Tang-Zhang weak stability are proper, whereas the Klijn-Massó weak stability, essential stability, and priority-neutrality are not proper.

Keywords: Two-sided matching; School choice; Weak stability notions; Blocking pair; Properness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112163

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