Robert Hammond

Dr. Robert Hammond

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Academic Career Length

17Years (2010-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 September 2019 in Information Economics and Policy
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MFMehdi Farajallah
Mehdi Farajallah
RHRobert Hammond
Robert Hammond
TPThierry Pénard
Thierry Pénard

31 January 2010 in International Journal of Industrial Organization
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Robert Hammond

1 October 2014 in Southern Economic Journal
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Robert Hammond

27 March 2019 in Journal of Labor Research
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RCRobert L. Clark
Robert L. Clark
RHRobert Hammond
Robert Hammond
CKChristelle Khalaf
Christelle Khalaf

1 December 2019 in Experimental Economics
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UDUmut Dur
Umut Dur
RHRobert Hammond
Robert Hammond
TMThayer Morrill
Thayer Morrill
This paper introduces a new matching mechanism that is a hybrid of the two most common mechanisms in school choice, the Boston Mechanism (BM) and the Deferred Acceptance algorithm (DA). BM is the most commonly used mechanism in the field, but it is neither strategyproof nor fair. DA is the mechanism that is typically favored by economists, but it is not Pareto efficient. The new mechanism, the Secure Boston Mechanism (sBM), is an intuitive modification of BM that secures any school a student was initially guaranteed but otherwise prioritizes a student at a school based upon how she ranks it. Relative to BM, theoretical results suggest that sBM is an improvement in terms of strategyproofness and fairness. We present experimental evidence using a novel experimental design that confirms that sBM significantly increases truth-telling and fairness. Relative to DA, theoretical results suggest that sBM can be a Pareto improvement in equilibrium but the efficiency comparison of sBM and DA is theoretically ambiguous. We present simulation evidence that suggests that sBM often does Pareto dominate DA when DA is inefficient, while sBM and DA very often overlap when DA is efficient. Overall, our results strongly support the use of sBM over BM and suggest that sBM should be considered as a viable alternative to DA.

12 October 2018 in Economic Inquiry
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RCRobert L. Clark
Robert L. Clark
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Robert Hammond
MMMelinda S. Morrill
Melinda S. Morrill
CKChristelle Khalaf
Christelle Khalaf