American Economic Journal:
Microeconomics
ISSN 1945-7669 (Print) | ISSN 1945-7685 (Online)
Sequential Kidney Exchange
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
vol. 6,
no. 3, August 2014
(pp. 265–85)
Abstract
The traditional literature on kidney exchange assumes that all components of the exchange must occur simultaneously. Unfortunately, the number of operating rooms required for concurrent surgeries poses a significant constraint on the beneficial exchanges that may be attained. The basic insight of this paper is that incentive compatibility does not require simultaneous exchange; rather, it requires that organ donation occurs no later than the associated organ receipt. Using sequential exchanges may relax the operating-room constraint and thereby increase the number of beneficial exchanges. We show that most benefits of sequential exchange can be accomplished with only two concurrent operating rooms.Citation
Ausubel, Lawrence M., and Thayer Morrill. 2014. "Sequential Kidney Exchange." American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 6 (3): 265–85. DOI: 10.1257/mic.6.3.265Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D47 Market Design
- I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
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