Effective affirmative action in school choice

Theoretical Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-363

  Hafalir, Isa E ^a   Yenmez, M Bumin ^a   Yildirim, Muhammed A ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Deferred acceptance algorithm; School choice; Top trading cycles algorithm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877888350     PISSN: 19336837     EISSN: 15557561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/TE1135     Document Type: Article

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