Acyclic roommates

José Alvaro Rodrigues-Neto

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2012.11.027

Acyclic roommates

José Alvaro Rodrigues-Neto^*

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In the context of the stable roommates problem, this paper provides an alternative characterization of acyclic instances with n roommates; one that requires checking n - 1 fewer equations than symmetry of the utility functions (Rodrigues-Neto, 2007). We introduce the concepts of agent-cycles and cycle equations and prove that an instance is acyclic if and only if there exists a representation of preferences such that all cycle equations of agent-cycles of length 3 containing an agent i hold. In this case, there is a unique stable matching.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	304-306
Number of pages	3
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	118
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.11.027
Publication status	Published - Feb 2013

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