On stable and strategy-proof rules in matching markets with contracts

Daisuke Hirata and Yusuke Kasuya

Journal of Economic Theory, 2017, vol. 168, issue C, 27-43

Abstract: This paper studies stable and (one-sided) strategy-proof rules in many-to-one matching markets with contracts. Not assuming any kind of substitutes condition or the law of aggregate demand, we obtain the following results. First, the number of stable and strategy-proof rules is at most one. Second, the doctor-optimal stable rule, whenever it exists, is the unique candidate for a stable and strategy-proof rule. Third, a stable and strategy-proof rule, whenever it exists, is second-best optimal for doctor welfare, in that no individually rational and strategy-proof rule can dominate it. This last result is further generalized to non-wasteful and strategy-proof rules. Due to the weak assumptions, our analysis covers a broad range of markets, including cases where a (unique) stable and strategy-proof rule is not equal to the one induced by the cumulative offer process or the deferred acceptance algorithm.

Keywords: Matching with contracts; Stability; Strategy-proofness; Uniqueness; Efficiency; Irrelevance of rejected contracts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C78 D47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2016.12.005

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