Strategic Interaction in the Sex Market

John Morrow and Yoav Sivan

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Abstract: There have been few attempts to empirically explain the pursuit of short term relationships and sex in a formal context. Previous work has lamented the paucity of empirical studies which utilize incentive driven behavior to draw conclusions and recommend policy. We develop a model of social network formation through sexual matching, provide an empirical approach derived from the model and apply it to a population of high interest. Specifically, we apply the approach to a population of sexually active men who have sex with men (MSM) in a large metropolitan area and derive qualitative conclusions regarding how individuals behave in the marketplace for sex.

Keywords: sex; matching; dating; mating; social networks; network formation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C78 D02 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-01-31, Revised 2007-07-31
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