prevalence of social networks in job search there is as yet no consensus on the mechanisms for why referrals are so important: an …

Experimental studies of search behavior suggest that individuals stop searching earlier than predicted by the optimal … standard search task as well as a lottery task designed to elicit utility functions. We find that search heuristics are not …

We develop a three-stage model of abatement technology search, adoption, and deployment. Using this model, which draws … on search theory tools more frequently used in labour and monetary economics, we compare market-based and command …-and-control pollution control instruments with respect to the incentives each provides for abatement technology search and adoption …

We study how consumer search affects pricing in markets with incumbents and entrants using panel data on German … electricity retail markets. Consumers observe the baseline price of the incumbent and decide whether or not to search. Incumbent … baseline rate while entrants decrease their tariffs if consumer search increases. Moreover, the incumbent price discriminates …