Browsing by Author "Shorrer, Ran"

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    • Essays on Indices and Matching 

      Shorrer, Ran I. (2015-05-11)
      In many decision problems, agents base their actions on a simple objective index, a single number that summarizes the available information about objects of choice independently of their particular preferences. The first ...

    • The redesign of the medical intern assignment mechanism in Israel 

      Roth, Alvin E; Shorrer, Ran I (BioMed Central, 2015)
      A collaboration of medical professionals with economists and computer scientists involved in “market design” had led to the redesign of the clearinghouse assigning medical students to internships in Israel. The new mechanism ...

    • Strategic Behavior in Unbalanced Matching Markets 

      Coles, Peter; Gonczarowski, Yannai; Shorrer, Ran Israel (2014)
      In this paper we explore how the balance of agents on the two sides of a matching market impacts their potential for strategic manipulation. Coles and Shorrer [2014] previously showed that in large, balanced, uniform markets ...