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Cumulative offer process is order-independent

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  • Hirata, Daisuke
  • Kasuya, Yusuke
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This note shows that in the matching-with contracts model, the outcome of the cumulative offer process is order-independent if every hospital has a choice function that satisfies the bilateral substitutability condition and the irrelevance of rejected contracts condition.

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  • Hirata, Daisuke & Kasuya, Yusuke, 2014. "Cumulative offer process is order-independent," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 124(1), pages 37-40.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:124:y:2014:i:1:p:37-40
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.04.008
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    Keywords

    Bilateral substitutability; Cumulative offer process; Irrelevance of rejected contracts; Matching with contracts;
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    JEL classification:

    • C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
    • D44 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Auctions

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