TY - EJOU AU - T1 - A Brief Survey of the House Allocation Problems T2 - Games Review PY - 2017 VL - 3 IS - 1 SN - 2520-7644 AB - The objective of this paper is to briefly review house allocation problems. We first give the definition and the aim of the mechanism design theory. Next we discuss its applications to markets with no monetary transfer, such as house allocation, kidney exchange and school choice. We review the literature for (i) house allocation problems, (ii) house allocation problems with existing tenants, and (iii) house allocation problems with existing tenants and newcomers. KW - Mechanism design KW - Game theory KW - House allocation KW - Housing market. KW - Matching KW - Random serial dictatorship. DO - 10.18488/journal.100.2017.31.1.5