Deduction Dilemmas: The Taiwan Assignment Mechanism
分析了2014年起台湾高中分配采用的扣分机制，该机制结合了波士顿和延迟接受机制的特点，解释了为何引发全国性抗议却仍被使用。
This paper analyzes the Taiwan mechanism used nationwide for high school assignment starting in 2014. In the Taiwan mechanism, points are deducted from an applicant’s score, with larger penalties for lower-ranked choices. Deduction makes the mechanism a hybrid of the Boston and deferred acceptance mechanisms. Our analysis sheds light on why Taiwan’s new mechanism has led to massive nationwide demonstrations and why it nonetheless remains in use.