School choice: A mechanism design approach

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 729-747

  Abdulkadiroǧlu, Atila ^a   Sönmez, Tayfun ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 2942709850     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803322157061     Document Type: Article

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