4 papers
Learning Optimal Dynamic Matching via Graph Neural Networks
Genta Okada, Shunya Noda, Junpei Komiyama +1
Dynamic matching markets require decisions about whom to match and when: matching now yields value but removes participants who may create better future opportunities. We develop a…
Geography in Online Capital Allocation: Evidence from Equity-Based Crowdfunding
Keiichi Kawai, Akira Matsushita
Digital investment platforms reduce search costs, yet realized investments can remain geographically concentrated. Such concentration alone cannot distinguish whether local investm…
The Walras-Bowley Lecture: Fragmentation of Matching Markets and How Economics Can Help Integrate Them
Yuichiro Kamada, Fuhito Kojima, Akira Matsushita
Fragmentation of matching markets is a ubiquitous problem across countries and across applications. In order to study the implications of fragmentation and possibilities for integr…
Evaluating the Efficiency of Regulation in Matching Markets with Distributional Disparities
Kei Ikegami, Atsushi Iwasaki, Akira Matsushita +1
Cap-based regulations are widely used to address distributional disparities in matching markets, but their efficiency relative to alternative instruments such as subsidies remains…