We examine a Bertrand competition game between two intermediaries offering matching services between two sides of a … intermediation on the Internet by allowing registration and transaction prices, and multiple registration. When only registration … that are contingent on successful matching or the possibility of registration with two intermediaries drastically reduces …

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

the elasticity of the matching function. …

characteristics that the analyst does not observe. The social optimum must therefore trade off matching on incomes and matching on … set of feasible matchings and of the socially optimal matching. Then we show how data on the covariation of the types of …

A new methodology is described which tests between various equilibrium theories of unemployment using matching data … identify a matching process using data which is recorded monthly, and also shows how to identify different unemployment … employment agency data for the UK over the period 1985-99. Although the standard random matching approach provides a reasonably …

who suffer involuntary layoffs. Matching and search-island models have labour market frictions and incomplete markets. The …

The matching function describes the flow of job creation as a function of the stocks of unemployed and vacancies. Most …

generated through bilateral matching of agents spanning a spectrum of types. Domestic matching is perfect – every trader knows … the type of all others and can approach any, but international matching is random – every trader lacks the information to … choose a partner’s type. Group ties, however, allow perfect matching abroad to a minority of individuals who have access to …