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- Publications
- Influence
Forced Sales and House Prices
- J. Campbell, S. Giglio, P. Pathak
- Economics
- 1 April 2009
This paper uses data on house transactions in the state of Massachusetts over the last 20 years to show that houses sold after foreclosure, or close in time to the death or bankruptcy of at least one… Expand
The New York City High School Match
- Atila Abdulkadiroglu, P. Pathak, A. Roth
- Economics
- 1 May 2005
We assisted the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) in designing a mechanism to match over 90,000 entering students to public high schools each year. This paper makes a very preliminary… Expand
Strategy-Proofness versus Efficiency in Matching with Indifferences: Redesigning the NYC High School Match
- Atila Abdulkadiroglu, P. Pathak, A. Roth
- Economics
- 1 April 2009
The design of the New York City (NYC) High School match involved tradeoffs among efficiency, stability and strategy-proofness that raise new theoretical questions. We analyze a model with… Expand
Short Interest, Institutional Ownership, and Stock Returns
- P. Asquith, P. Pathak, J. Ritter
- Economics
- 1 November 2005
Stocks are short-sale constrained when there is a strong demand to sell short and a limited supply of shares to borrow. Using data on both short interest (a proxy for demand) and institutional… Expand
The Elite Illusion: Achievement Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools
- Atila Abdulkadiroglu, J. Angrist, P. Pathak
- Psychology
- 1 July 2011
Talented students compete fiercely for seats at Boston and New York exam schools. These schools are characterized by high levels of peer achievement and a demanding curriculum tailored to each… Expand
The Boston Public School Match
- Atila Abdulkadiroglu, P. Pathak, A. Roth, T. Sönmez
- Economics
- 1 May 2005
After the publication of “School Choice: A Mechanism Design Approach” by Abdulkadiroglu and Sonmez (2003), a Boston Globe reporter contacted us about the Boston Public Schools (BPS) system for… Expand
Appendix to "Incentives and Stability in Large Two-Sided Matching Markets"
A Appendix A: Additional results 3 A.1 Manipulation via pre-arranged matches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A.2 Manipulation via capacities and pre-arranged matches without… Expand
Informing the Debate: Comparing Boston's Charter, Pilot and Traditional Schools
- Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Josh Angrist, +4 authors P. Pathak
- Political Science
- 2009
The Boston Foundation, Greater Boston's community foundation, is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the nation. In 2008, the Foundation and its donors made close to $79 million in… Expand
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Who Benefits from Kipp?
- J. Angrist, Susan M. Dynarski, Thomas J. Kane, P. Pathak, Christopher R Walters
- Sociology
- 1 February 2010
The nation's largest charter management organization is the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP). KIPP schools are emblematic of the No Excuses approach to public education, a highly standardized and… Expand
Leveling the Playing Field: Sincere and Sophisticated Players in the Boston Mechanism
Empirical and experimental evidence suggests different levels of sophistication among families in the Boston Public School student assignment plan. We analyze the preference revelation game induced… Expand