A characterization of the top-trading-cycles mechanism for housing markets via respecting-improvement

We provide the first characterization of the prominent top-trading-cycles (TTC) mechanism in the Shapley–Scarf housing market model (Shapley and Scarf, 1974) that uses respecting-improvement. Specifically, we show that for strict preferences, the TTC mechanism is the unique mechanism satisfying pair...

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Autores: Klaus, Bettina, Klijn, Flip, Sethuraman, Jay
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/376109
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/376109
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85214310790
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Palabra clave:Housing markets
Market design
Pair-efficiency
Respecting improvement
Strategy-proofness
Top-trading-cycles (TTC) mechanism
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Sumario:We provide the first characterization of the prominent top-trading-cycles (TTC) mechanism in the Shapley–Scarf housing market model (Shapley and Scarf, 1974) that uses respecting-improvement. Specifically, we show that for strict preferences, the TTC mechanism is the unique mechanism satisfying pair-efficiency, respecting-improvement, and strategy-proofness.