It is well known that a monopolist selling a single good, say a painting, can extract higher rents running an auction-type mechanism rather than posting a fixed price. In competitive markets, for example selling used books on line, price posting is often more prevalent than auctions. While...

We analyze a directed search labor market. Firms compete for labor through public wage postings. Then, workers choose their search intensity by deciding how often and where to apply for a job. In the last stage of the interaction, firms and applicants are matched according to a stable...

Inflation and unemployment are central issues in macroeconomics. While much progress has been made on these issues by incorporating frictions using search theory, existing models analyze either unemployment or inflation. We develop a framework to analyze unemployment and inflation together. This...