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Dominance invariant one-to-one matching problems

Ana Mauleon, Elena Molis, Vincent Vannetelbosch and Wouter Vergote

International Journal of Game Theory, 2014, vol. 43, issue 4, 925-943

Abstract: Solution concepts in social environments use either a direct or indirect dominance relationship, depending on whether it is assumed that agents are myopic or farsighted. Direct dominance implies indirect dominance, but not the reverse. Hence, the predicted outcomes when assuming myopic (direct) or farsighted (indirect) agents could be very different. In this paper, we characterize dominance invariant one-to-one matching problems when preferences are strict. That is, we obtain the conditions on preference profiles such that indirect dominance implies direct dominance in these problems and give them an intuitive interpretation. Whenever some of the conditions are not satisfied, it is important to understand whether the agents are myopic or farsighted in order to use the appropriate stability concept. Furthermore, we characterize dominance invariant one-to-one matching problems having a non-empty core. Finally, we show that, if the core of a dominance invariant one-to-one matching problem is not empty, it contains a unique matching, the dominance invariant stable matching, in which all agents who mutually top rank each other are matched to one another and all other agents remain unmatched. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Keywords: Marriage problems; Roommate problems; Direct dominance; Indirect dominance; C71; C78 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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