States, within a search and matching model that allows for skill heterogeneity, differential search cost between immigrants …

The effects of entry on consumer and total welfare are studied in a model of consumer search. Potential entrants differ … may arise naturally in search markets due to the variety and quality effects of entry, and discuss their business and …

The internet has not only reduced consumer search costs, but has also enabled more efficient and sophisticated search … procedures. For example, online consumers can streamline their search process if appropriately defined categories of products and … services are available. This paper proposes a search model with product categories where consumers choose which categories to …

use a search frictions model with an informal sector, heterogeneous workers, and conditional taxes and transfers to …

uncertainty forces newcomers to the market to search for an acceptable price which is less than the marginal utility of the good …. Old customers may decide to engage in search after a price increase, if the expected difference in search costs and price …

costs of search with its marginal benefit. The consumer can maximize the utility of his consumption-leisure choice with … regard to the equality of marginal values of search. Therefore, the satisficing decision procedure results in the optimizing …

equalizes marginal costs of search with its marginal benefits. The implicit optimal choice results in the explicit satisficing …