tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post3753821917353550766..comments2023-11-02T08:55:35.510-07:00Comments on Market Design: Matching Marine officers to MOSAl Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02232854038397912604noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post-90485163548162352082010-07-23T11:53:02.461-07:002010-07-23T11:53:02.461-07:00Perhaps they would be willing to entertain the app...Perhaps they would be willing to entertain the apparently minor tweak of ordering them 1, 63, 25, 86, using the golden ratio; not only does it make the outcome more homogeneous (if preferences are highly correlated and reported honestly), but in practice it would likely improve incentive compatibility a great deal, insofar as one is more likely to know that one is near the bottom of the top third and wishes to drop than that one is exactly 24th and wants to engineer a drop by exactly one position in class rank.dWjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12072494989829344049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post-83508100947442504792010-07-23T10:32:51.166-07:002010-07-23T10:32:51.166-07:00At West Point, they do it purely on class rank, w/...At West Point, they do it purely on class rank, w/ Cadets first picking branch, then post. However, they recently starting allowing cadets to jump the queue by agreeing to accept an additional service obligation (e.g., you serve another 2 years in exchange for getting your top pick).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14545375829531307836noreply@blogger.com