Efficient kidney exchange: Coincidence of wants in markets with compatibility-based preferences

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 828-851

  Roth, Alvin E ^a,b   Sönmez, Tayfun ^c   Utku Unver M ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSPLANTATION;

BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 34547379426     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.3.828     Document Type: Article

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