Truncation strategies in matching markets - In search of advice for participants

Econometrica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-43

  Roth, Alvin E ^a   Rothblum, Uriel G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Labor markets; Stable matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002996856     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0262.00002     Document Type: Article

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