Hedonic price equilibria, stable matching, and optimal transport: Equivalence, topology, and uniqueness

Economic Theory

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-354

  Chiappori, Pierre André ^a   McCann, Robert J ^b   Nesheim, Lars P ^c,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hedonic price equilibrium; Matching; Monge Kantorovich; Optimal transportation; Spence Mirrlees condition; Twist condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749102604     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-009-0455-z     Document Type: Article

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