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We study a strategic model of dynamic trading where agents are asymmetrically informed over common value sources of uncertainty. There is a continuum of uninformed buyers and a finite number of sellers, some of them informed. When there is only one seller, full information revelation never...
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This paper examines the role of agent heterogeneity and learning on wage dispersion and employment dynamics. In the … first half of the paper, I present an equilibrium matching model where heterogeneous workers and firms learn about match … heterogeneity in beliefs about match quality. Under a simple CRS technology, the equilibrium wage is additively separable in worker …
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The belief that equality of demand and supply determines price and clears the market is universal. Shockingly, this belief is unfounded. It contradicts macro’s claim that equality of demand and supply determines output. It contradicts (new) monetary theory, which claims that equality of demand...
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This paper develops a model of pricing and advertising in a matching environment with capacity constrained sellers … advertising level, and market structure. The relationship results from a trade off between a price effect and a market structure-matching …
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-makers learns to coordinate on the selection of an equilibrium or a social convention in a two-sided matching game. In the contexts …. As an interesting result, it is demonstrated that stability need not be required for the success of a matching mechanism …
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Is it always wise to disclose good news? When both the sender and the receiver have private information about the sender's quality, we find that the worst sender type with good news has the most incentive to disclose it, so reporting good news can paradoxically make the sender look bad. If the...
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uncertainty can be resolved but both processes are costly. Intermediaries (recruiters) can perform the job matching but only at … lowers the social efficiency of matching if workers choose recruiters randomly. If we allow recruiters to announce their …
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There has been an explosion of new forms of communications media for interpersonal communication. There is anecdotal evidence of people suffering from 'information overload' as a result of these developments. This paper presents the results from, and analysis of, a case study of a perceived...
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I study the consequences of heterogeneity of skills for the design of an optimal unemployment insurance, using a …
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