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from worker self-selection may not be matched by a corresponding social gain. In particular, the equilibrium incentive to …
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This paper studies aggregate dynamics in a cobweb model where learning takes place through a selection mecanism, by … in a way that favors the most profitable firm types. Selection may be inadequate because firms are being selected on the … basis of incorrect market signals. Selection itself may reinforce such mispricing, thus generating instability. I compare …
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greater hit score increases market size. A selection effect by which consumers are more picky and select higher quality goods …
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I study how savers allocate funds between boundedly rational firms which follow simple pricing rules. Firms need cash to pay their inputs in advance, and savers-shareholders allocate cash between them so as to maximize their rate of return. When the rate of return on each firm is observed, there...
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We study a labour market in which firms can observe workers’ output but not their effort, and in which a worker’s productivity in a given firm depends on a worker-firm specific component, unobservable for the firm. Firms offer wage contracts that optimally trade off effort and wage costs. As...
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We analyse the efficiency of the labour market outcome in a competitive search equilibrium model with endogenous …
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