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This paper analyses the interaction between internal agency problems within firms and external search frictions when … of the wage contracts is positively related to high productivity, low unemployment benefits and high search frictions. …
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We survey the microfoundations, empirical evidence and estimation issues underlying the aggregate matching function. Several microeconomic matching mechanisms have been suggested in the literature with some successes but none is generally accepted as superior to all others. Instead, an aggregate...
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It is increasingly recognized that labour markets are pervasively imperfectly competitive, that there are rents to the employment relationship for both worker and employer. This chapter considers why it is sensible to think of labour markets as imperfectly competitive, reviews estimates on the...
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through search. Short-sellers can endogenously concentrate in one asset because of search externalities and the constraint … that they must deliver the asset they borrowed. As a result, that asset enjoys both greater liquidity, measured by search …
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We endogenize separation in a search model of the labor market and allow for bargaining over the continuation of …
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description of the way in which labour markets actually work. This paper uses the techniques of search theory to analyse the …
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debt markets, and an over-the-counter secondary debt market with search frictions. Liquidity in this market is related to …
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Does the search and matching model fit aggregate U.S. labor market data? While the model has become an important tool …
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The labor search and matching model plays a growing role in macroeconomic analysis. This paper provides a critical …
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We develop a search-based model of asset trading, in which investors of different horizons can invest in two identical … assets. The asset markets are partially segmented: buyers can search for only one asset, but can decide which one. We show … that there exists a "clientele" equilibrium where one market has more buyers and sellers, lower search times, higher …
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