We show that the full version of the so-called ‘rural hospital theorem’ (Roth, 1986) generalizes to many-to-many matching where agents on both sides of the market have separable and substitutable preferences.

There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about. [1] – Margaret J. WheatleyCOVID-19 has changed our world in many ways. Among others, the pandemic and its disp...

In November 2014, OPEC announced a new strategy geared towards improving its market share. Oil-market analysts interpreted this as an attempt to squeeze higher-cost producers, notably US shale oil, out of the market. Over the next year, crude oil prices crashed, with large repercussions for the global economy. We present a simple equilibrium model that explains the fundamental market factors th...

Getting Started with Ecclesiastes: Coming to Grips with Mortality Dr. Elaine Phillips, © 2013 Introduction Ecclesiastes presents the reader with alternately disturbing and oddly reassuring realities. While scholars differ as to whether these views are a comfortable fit with “orthodoxy” and debate how to label and understand the various attitudes expressed, Ecclesiastes unquestionably speaks to ...

This 24-nation European–US study (1999–2000) of the democratic political values, attitudes, and behavior of adolescents uncovers a generally high level of self-predicted future political participation as adults. Four of five14-year-olds regard themselves as future voters, and 61% predict involvement in protest activities. Moreover, law breaking as an act of protest is almost as attractive in th...

Recent technological advances in the nanotechnology field have permitted the design of polymeric thin films and polymer-based nanocomposites for energy storage [1], high-k dielectrics [2], light-emitting diodes [3], actuators [4], sensors [5], among many others. While these thin films have been tailored to exhibit unique optical, electrical, and electromechanical properties, enhancements in mec...