Assortative Matching and Search

Robert Shimer and Lones Smith

Working papers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper has pushed Becker's matching insights into a quite plausible search setting. Exploiting the implicit integral equation (10), we gave a thorough characterization of cross-sectional matching patterns in the equilibrium and constrained s ocial optimum of a frictional matching model. In so doing, we have developed important new techniques for establishing existence, as well as extended the reach of the supermodularity research program into a wide new arena.

Keywords: ECONOMETRICS; MATHEMATICS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 1997
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