A Field Study on Matching with Network Externalities
通过将教师分配到新办公室的实地实验，量化了网络外部性（如同事关系、合作关系和友谊）对匹配结果的影响，并评估了考虑这些因素的匹配协议。
We study the effects of network externalities within a protocol for matching faculty to offices in a new building. Using web and survey data on faculty's attributes and choices, we identify the different layers of the social network: institutional affiliation, coauthorships, and friendships. We quantify the effects of network externalities on choices and outcomes, disentangle the layers of the networks, and quantify their relative influence. Finally, we assess the protocol used from a welfare perspective. Our study suggests the importance and feasibility of accounting for network externalities in assignment problems and evaluates techniques that can be employed to this end.