our hypothesis by comparing measures of innovativeness. Based on matching (selectivity on observable covariates) in a …

matching technology and the prevailing surplus sharing rule. The model can be solved for the equilibrium submission fee, desk …

finding, we describe a model of multi-trait matching and inheritance, in which individuals’ attractiveness in the marriage …

This paper provides a microeconomic model of matching which implies that the standard, reduced form approach, is … misspecified. A simple model is analysed (with help-wanted/employment-needed advertising) where the matching rate depends not only …

employment prospects. We rely on exact matching to compare workers displaced due to firm closure with similar non …

This paper develops a matching model of the labour market under wage rigidity when hiring decisions are irreversible …

. This effect may make the market less efficient than random matching. We show that the first best can be achieved using …

of a coarse matching scheme consisting of two classes of agents on each side, in terms of matching surplus (output), the …, our philosophy is that, if the worst-case scenario under coarse matching is not too bad relative to what is achievable by … more complex, finer schemes, a coarse matching scheme will turn out to be preferable once the various transaction costs …