How to Control Controlled School Choice: Comment

10 Pages Posted: 19 Jun 2016 Last revised: 5 Oct 2016

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Battal Doğan

School of Economics, University of Bristol

Date Written: October 4, 2016

Abstract

Echenique and Yenmez [AER 2015, 105(8): 2679-94] study choice rules for a school that express preferences for a diverse student body. Their Theorem 2 characterizes choice rules that are "generated by reserves for the priority". We show that the "only if part" is not correct. We exhibit a choice rule that is generated by reserves for the priority but violates one of their axioms. A similar issue arises in Theorem D.2., where a priority is allowed to be endogenous. We reformulate the axioms and repair the results.

Keywords: School choice, choice rules, diversity

JEL Classification: D47, H75, I21, I28

Suggested Citation

Doğan, Battal, How to Control Controlled School Choice: Comment (October 4, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2796770 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2796770

Battal Doğan (Contact Author)

School of Economics, University of Bristol ( email )

United Kingdom

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