matching function. One can easily choose a calibration to make the cyclical fluctuation in unemployment as large in the model … model as it is in the data. We show with a simple analytical calculation that in the standard job matching model, one cannot …

This paper demonstrates the way in which stock-flow matching with endogenous seller entry generates hot and cold spells …

portfolios to investors. We extend the signaling model for single sales of risky assets to portfolio sales. We identify … conditions under which signaling at the portfolio level dominates signaling at the single asset level. In particular, when banks … have better information about loan types on their books, and some commitment power to sales, can profit by pooling assets …

It has been noted that the search and matching model cannot account for the observed unemployment fluctuations. Gertler … heterogeneity. We find that the new model with even only a small fraction of sticky wage contracts comes closer to matching the data. …

Contrary to the central prediction of signaling models, changes in profits do not empirically follow changes in … that payout policy conveys information about future cash flow volatility. Our methodology can be applied more generally to …