The Matching And The Moral Hazard
Norovsambuu Tumennasan
We study the matching problem when the actions
of the players are not verifiable and the size of possible matching is not
greater r. Once the players are matched they engage in a risky public project by
exerting the efforts, which cannot be contracted upon. By assuming that the
players anticipate Nash equilibrium outcomes from all coalitions, any player's
payoff from a coalition containing her is completely defined by her and other
members' preferences. By further assuming that players' utility functions are
the sum of utility from a public good, which is dependent on productivity
weighted sum, and quadratic disutility function from one's effort, we show
several existence results on a stable r-matching. These results hinge on
the shape of discount function which is a credit given for a successful project
and it depends on the size of a coalition. If it is constant, then a stable
r-matching exists. If it is non-increasing then a stable r-matching exists if
the quota for matching is not greater than 3. Furthermore, the algorithm which
yields a stable r-matching is given and this algorithm matches the players
assortatively by coefficients of attractiveness which is a
combination of marginal cost, productivity and value for a successful project.
Finally, we study the statics of stable r-matching.