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The ‘Marriage Game’: An assignment problem with indivisibilities

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    Peter J. Dolton

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I would like to thank Oliver Hart and Frank Hahn for comments on this paper. However the responsibility for any remaining mistakes is my own.

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Dolton, P.J. The ‘Marriage Game’: An assignment problem with indivisibilities. Theor Decis 14, 373–389 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00126175

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