Dynamic Incentives in Wait List Mechanisms

<jats:p>Many scarce public resources are allocated through wait lists that use priorities for individual agents. A new priority system for allocating deceased donor kidneys was adopted in 2014. This redesign was guided by simulations that held decision-rules fixed. We synthesize recent theoret...

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Main Authors: Agarwal, Nikhil, Ashlagi, Itai, Somaini, Paulo, Waldinger, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Economic Association 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/138035