article published Britta Hoyer author 42447 Nadja Stroh-Maraun author 13264 280 department 475 department 205 department 368 department SFB 901 project SFB 901 - Project Area A project SFB 901 - Subproject A3 project 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. 2020 eng 10.1016/j.geb.2020.03.006 121453 - 481 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> @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} } 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>. 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>. B. Hoyer, N. Stroh-Maraun, Games and Economic Behavior 121 (2020) 453–481. 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> 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. 163342020-03-24T08:05:53Z2022-01-06T06:52:49Z