Information disclosure and unraveling in matching markets

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 34-63

  Ostrovsky, Michael ^a   Schwarz, Michael ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YAHOO RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 85017128896     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.2.2.34     Document Type: Article

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