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_id: '16334'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: We analyze the actual behavior of agents in a matching mechanism, using data
    from a clearinghouse at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at
    a German university, where a variant of the Boston mechanism is used. We supplement
    this data with data generated in a survey among the students who participated
    in the clearinghouse. We find that under the current mechanism over 74% of students
    act strategically by misrepresenting at least one of their preferences. Nevertheless,
    not all students are able to improve their outcome by doing so. We show that this
    is mainly due to the incomplete information of students and naiveté. Sophisticated
    students actually reach significantly better outcomes than naive students. Thus,
    we find evidence that naive students are exploited by sophisticated students in
    an incomplete information setting.
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Britta
  full_name: Hoyer, Britta
  id: '42447'
  last_name: Hoyer
- first_name: Nadja
  full_name: Stroh-Maraun, Nadja
  id: '13264'
  last_name: Stroh-Maraun
citation:
  ama: Hoyer B, Stroh-Maraun N. Matching Strategies of Heterogeneous Agents under
    Incomplete Information in a University Clearinghouse. <i>Games and Economic Behavior</i>.
    2020;121:453-481. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2020.03.006">10.1016/j.geb.2020.03.006</a>
  apa: Hoyer, B., &#38; Stroh-Maraun, N. (2020). Matching Strategies of Heterogeneous
    Agents under Incomplete Information in a University Clearinghouse. <i>Games and
    Economic Behavior</i>, <i>121</i>, 453–481. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2020.03.006">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2020.03.006</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Hoyer_Stroh-Maraun_2020, title={Matching Strategies of Heterogeneous
    Agents under Incomplete Information in a University Clearinghouse}, volume={121},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2020.03.006">10.1016/j.geb.2020.03.006</a>},
    journal={Games and Economic Behavior}, author={Hoyer, Britta and Stroh-Maraun,
    Nadja}, year={2020}, pages={453–481} }'
  chicago: 'Hoyer, Britta, and Nadja Stroh-Maraun. “Matching Strategies of Heterogeneous
    Agents under Incomplete Information in a University Clearinghouse.” <i>Games and
    Economic Behavior</i> 121 (2020): 453–81. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2020.03.006">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2020.03.006</a>.'
  ieee: B. Hoyer and N. Stroh-Maraun, “Matching Strategies of Heterogeneous Agents
    under Incomplete Information in a University Clearinghouse,” <i>Games and Economic
    Behavior</i>, vol. 121, pp. 453–481, 2020.
  mla: Hoyer, Britta, and Nadja Stroh-Maraun. “Matching Strategies of Heterogeneous
    Agents under Incomplete Information in a University Clearinghouse.” <i>Games and
    Economic Behavior</i>, vol. 121, 2020, pp. 453–81, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2020.03.006">10.1016/j.geb.2020.03.006</a>.
  short: B. Hoyer, N. Stroh-Maraun, Games and Economic Behavior 121 (2020) 453–481.
date_created: 2020-03-24T08:05:53Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:52:49Z
department:
- _id: '280'
- _id: '475'
- _id: '205'
- _id: '368'
doi: 10.1016/j.geb.2020.03.006
intvolume: '       121'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 453 - 481
project:
- _id: '1'
  name: SFB 901
- _id: '2'
  name: SFB 901 - Project Area A
- _id: '7'
  name: SFB 901 - Subproject A3
publication: Games and Economic Behavior
publication_status: published
status: public
title: Matching Strategies of Heterogeneous Agents under Incomplete Information in
  a University Clearinghouse
type: journal_article
user_id: '42447'
volume: 121
year: '2020'
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