Jul, 2000
On a characterization of stable matchings
ECONOMICS LETTERS
- Volume
- 68
- Number
- 1
- First page
- 43
- Last page
- 49
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
The set of stable matchings in the Gale-Shapley marriage problem is characterized as the fixed points of an increasing function. Its well-known non-emptiness and lattice property are an immediate consequence of Tarski's fixed point theorem. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved. JEL classification: C71.
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- ISSN : 0165-1765
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000087537000008