Reserve Design
Unintended Consequences and the Demise of Boston’s Walk Zones
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10172129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Umut Dur (0000-0002-0553-8382, North Carolina State University), Scott Duke Kominer (0000-0002-7608-6619, Harvard University), Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A Pathak (0000-0001-8621-3864, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Tayfun Sönmez (0000-0002-9153-0466, Boston College) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 2457-2479 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3808 • E-ISSN: 1537-534X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/699974 |
| OpenAlex | W2886076855 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
We show that in the presence of admissions reserves, the effect of the precedence order (i.e., the order in which different types of seats are filled) is comparable to the effect of adjusting reserve sizes. Either lowering the precedence of reserve seats at a school or increasing the school's reserve size weakly increases reserve-group assignment at that school. Using data from Boston Public Schools, we show that reserve and precedence adjustments have similar quantitative effects. Transparency about these issues—in particular, how precedence unintentionally undermined intended policy—led to the elimination of walk zone reserves in Boston's public school match
Demise · Economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Transparency (behavior · Unintended consequences · Finance · Game Theory and Voting Systems · School Choice and Performance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |