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The Multi-unit Assignment Problem: Theory and Evidence from Course Allocation at Harvard.

We use theory and field data to study the draft mechanism used to allocate courses at Harvard Business School. We show that the draft is manipulable in theory, manipulated in practice, and that these manipulations cause significant welfare loss. Nevertheless, we find that welfare is higher than unde...

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Publicado en:American Economic Review Vol. 102; no. 5; pp. 2237 - 2272
Autores principales: Budish, Eric, Cantillon, Estelle
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Economic Association Aug2012
Materias:
Harvard Business School
Manipulative behavior
Assignment problems (Programming)
Resource allocation > Mathematical models
Operations research
Pareto optimum
Allocative efficiency (Economics)
Business school administration
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