Replication data for: A Field Study on Matching with Network Externalities

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Mariagiovanna Baccara; Ayşe İmrohoroğlu; Alistair J. Wilson; Leeat Yariv

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Project Citation:

Baccara, Mariagiovanna, Imrohoroglu, Ayse, Wilson, Alistair J., and Yariv, Leeat. Replication data for: A Field Study on Matching with Network Externalities. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112539V1

Project Description

Summary: We study the effects of network externalities within a protocol for matching faculty to offices in a new building. Using web and survey data on faculty's attributes and choices, we identify the different layers of the social network: institutional affiliation, coauthorships, and friendships. We quantify the effects of network externalities on choices and outcomes, disentangle the layers of the networks, and quantify their relative influence. Finally, we assess the protocol used from a welfare perspective. Our study suggests the importance and feasibility of accounting for network externalities in assignment problems and evaluates techniques that can be employed to this end. (JEL C78, C93, D62, D85, Z13)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      C78 Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
      C93 Field Experiments
      D62 Externalities
      D85 Network Formation and Analysis: Theory
      Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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