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Tommy Andersson

Professor

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Sequential School Choice with Public and Private Schools

Author

  • Tommy Andersson
  • Umut Dur
  • Sinan Ertemel
  • Onur Kesten

Summary, in English

Motivated by school admissions in Turkey and Sweden, we investigate a sequential two-stage admission system with public and private schools. A sequential notion of truthfulness, called straightforwardness, is introduced. Contrary to one-stage systems, sequentiality leads to a trade-off between the existence of a straightforward equilibrium and non-wastefulness. We identify the unique set of rules for two-stage systems that guarantees the existence of a straightforward equilibrium and reduces waste. Existing admission systems are analyzed within our general framework.

Department/s

  • Department of Economics

Publishing year

2023-10-31

Language

English

Publication/Series

Working Papers

Issue

42

Document type

Working paper

Topic

  • Economics

Keywords

  • market design
  • sequential school choice
  • private schools
  • public schools
  • straight- forward SPNE
  • non-wastefulness
  • C71
  • C78
  • D47
  • D71
  • D78
  • D82

Status

Published