Which of the following situations most closely corresponds to a two-sided, one-to-one matching environment?
| The market for smartphones. |
| Same-sex marriage. |
| Choosing teams for a three-legged race, where each team must have one adult and one child. |
| A large firm must hire many workers. |
| Party hosts must decide what food to serve. |
Answer is option D)
Matching theory considers the two sides of the market which
belong to two disjoint sectors (two-sided markets), such as
men
and women, firms and workers or colleges and students. Each agent
on one sector has preferences over the set of agents on the
opposite side.
Option b is wrong, in same sex marriage, two parties belong to same set.
Option a is wrong, no two different parties in market.
Option E is wrong, no possible matching
Which of the following situations most closely corresponds to a two-sided, one-to-one matching environment? The market...