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  2. House allocation problem - Wikipedia

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    In economics, the primary efficiency requirement in house allocation is PE.There are various algorithms attaining a PE allocation in various settings. Probably the simplest algorithm for house allocation is serial dictatorship: the agents are ordered in some arbitrary order (e.g. by seniority), and each agent in turn picks the best remaining house by his/her preferences.

  3. Prospect theory - Wikipedia

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    The value function that passes through the reference point is s-shaped and asymmetrical. The value function is steeper for losses than gains indicating that losses outweigh gains. Prospect theory stems from loss aversion, where the observation is that agents asymmetrically feel losses greater than that of an equivalent gain. It centralises ...

  4. 5 Housing Markets That Will Plummet in Value by the End of ...

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    San Francisco has been the poster child for skyrocketing home prices in the U.S., with a typical home value of more than $1.26 million, according to Zillow. While there is still heated competition ...

  5. Housing crisis in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Even in regions with relatively abundant market-rate housing, the market can fail to supply safe and sufficient housing to populations with very low income or disabilities that impair independent living. Insufficient public funding has contributed to a distinct housing crisis affecting these groups.

  6. 5 Housing Markets That Will Plummet in Value Before the End ...

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    The U.S. housing market is always changing, but property prices have largely gone up over the years. Read Next: 3 Best States To Buy Property in the Next 5 Years, According to Experts Consider ...

  7. Loss function - Wikipedia

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    In many applications, objective functions, including loss functions as a particular case, are determined by the problem formulation. In other situations, the decision maker’s preference must be elicited and represented by a scalar-valued function (called also utility function) in a form suitable for optimization — the problem that Ragnar Frisch has highlighted in his Nobel Prize lecture. [4]

  8. Housing crisis - Wikipedia

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    An affordable housing crisis or housing crisis is either a widespread housing shortage in places where people want to live or a financial crisis in the housing market. Housing crises can contribute to homelessness and housing insecurity .

  9. Home improvement fuels (false) optimism - AOL

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    The Home Depot's bottom line boost is thanks to lots of cost cutting, namely slowed expansion and the closing of under. The Home Depot's profits jumped 44% this quarter, beating expectations and ...