Economics · Game Theory & Mechanism Design
A topic within Game Theory & Mechanism Design, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Economics.
2 works
David Gale & Lloyd S. Shapley
Proves a stable matching always exists for any set of two-sided preferences and gives a constructive procedure, deferred acceptance, that finds one -- the founding result of matching-market theory.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Notes on this copyAlvin E. Roth
Argues market design is applied economics: repurposing Gale-Shapley matching theory to fix real allocation problems -- kidney exchange, school choice, medical residencies -- where prices cannot clear the market.
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