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| Christopher Balding |
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| ''A Modest Proposal for a Two Sided Market Clearing Institution Under Asymmetric Supply Constraints With Skewed Pricing: The Market for Adoption and Abortion'' |
| ( 2010, Vol. 12 No.6 ) |
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| Abortion is arguably the most fundamentally divisive issue in American politics. There has been a surprising dearth of academic research, especially in social choice, game theory, and economic analysis. Abortion and childbirth research has generally omitted theoretical considerations focusing instead on empirical analysis of policy and economic incentives for unwanted pregnancies. It seems appropriate that abortion warrants theoretical study.
First, I analyze the supply side of the market in a theoretical framework incorporating production asymmetries and incentive structure for producers. Second, I focus on the demand side of the market. Third, I incorporate the two sided market and production asymmetry implications into the overall level of analysis. Fourth, I propose the legal framework for a market clearing institution using the market for real estate as the blue print to clear the market.
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| Keywords: two sided markets, Coase Theorem, platform pricing, abortion, adoption |
JEL: J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics: General
H0 - Public Economics: General |
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| Manuscript Received : Oct 14 2008 | | Manuscript Accepted : Mar 07 2012 |
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