Search Results - subject:"Search Models"

Pissarides, Christopher A. - In: Research in Economics 69 (2015) 1, pp. 1-6

The contributions to economic theory by Dale Mortensen (1939–2014) are reviewed and commented with a particular emphasis on the collaboration in the theory of equilibrium unemployment.

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Scarcity of Ideas and R&D Options: Use it, Lose it, or Bank it

Erkal, Nisvan; Scotchmer, Suzanne - Law, Economics and Institutions, Boalt School of Law - 2009

We investigate optimal rewards in an R&D model where substitute ideas for innovation arrive to random recipients at random times. By foregoing investment in a current idea, society as a whole preserves an option to invest in a better idea for the same market niche, but with delay. Because...

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Scarcity of Ideas and R&D Options: Use it, Lose it, or Bank it

Scotchmer, Suzanne - Institute of Business and Economic Research (IBER), … - 2009

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Welfare stigma with decreasing employability

Contini, Dalit; Richiardi, Matteo - Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università degli Studi di Torino - 2009

We analyze the effects of income support on unemployment and welfare dynamics when stigma is attached to welfare provision. Stigma has been modeled in the literature as a cost of welfare participation; in this paper we analyze the effect of income support on unemployment and welfare dynamics by...

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Large Locational Differences in Unemployment Despite High Labor Mobility: Impact of Moving Cost on Aggregate Unemployment and Welfare

Lkhagvasuren, Damba - Department of Economics, Concordia University - 2009

In the U.S., the cross-state differences in unemployment rates are large - for instance, large compared to variations in the national unemployment rate over time. At the same time, there is considerable labor mobility within the U.S.; in fact, enough that, if migration arbitrages differences in...

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To Sell or Not to Sell: List Price, Transaction Price and Marketing Time in the Housing Market

Carrillo, Paul E. - Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), … - 2009

This paper specifies and estimates a structural model of home seller behavior. The model is an application of search theory to housing and is estimated using method of moments. The estimation method uncovers an analytical closed-form relationship between reduced- form coefficients of hedonic and...

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СОВРЕМЕННЫЕ МЕТОДЫ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ ПРОИЗВОДСТВЕННЫМИ ПРОЦЕССАМИ

НИКОЛАЕВНА, БАХТАДЗЕ НАТАЛЬЯ; … - In: Проблемы управления (2009) 3, pp. 56-63

Рассмотрен ряд проблем управления на разных уровнях производственного процесса. Предложены алгоритмы идентификации технологических процессов, основанные на...

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Simulating Sequential Search Models with Genetic Algorithms: Analysis of Price Ceilings, Taxes, Advertising and Welfare

McCarthy, Ian - Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research … - 2008

CAEPR Working Paper #2008-010 Simulating Sequential Search Models with Genetic Algorithms …. Simulating Sequential Search Models with Genetic Algorithms: Analysis of Price Ceilings, Taxes, Advertising and Welfare Ian … search models and, in particular, advertising, taxes and price ceilings. Although we brie y discuss convergence issues in …

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Social Security and the search behaviour of workers approaching retirement

Pérez, J. Ignacio García; Martín, Alfonso R Sánchez - Departamento de Economía, Universidad Pablo de Olavide - 2008

This paper explores the links between unemployment, retirement and their associated public insurance programs. It is a contribution to a growing body of literature focused on a better understanding of the labor behavior of advanced-age workers, which has gained importance as the pension crisis...

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Relative price and inflation variability in a simple consumer search model

Hajzler, Christopher; Fielding, David - In: Economics letters 123 (2014) 1, pp. 17-22

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