This paper builds a consumer search model where the cost of going back to stores already searched is explicitly taken … into account. We show that the optimal search rule under costly recall is very different from the optimal search rule under … perfect recall. Under costly recall, the optimal search behaviour is nonstationary and, moreover, the reservation price is not …

outside option, which is modeled as a sequential search process during which he can also choose to return to bargaining at any … time. Two cases considered: In Regime I, both agents have symmetric information about the search parameters. We find that …, delay is possible. The solution characterizes the parameters for renegotiation and those for search with no return to the …

This paper uses the example of an exam to model multi-dimensional search under a deadline. When the dimension is two …, an order-invariance property allows simple characterization of the optimal search policy. Behavior is shown to be highly …; this increases complexity of the problem of finding the optimal search policy. …

consider a market with sequential consumer search in which firms often encourage first-time visitors to buy immediately, either …

analyze every alternative. To capture these situations, we formulate a framework to study behavioral search by utilizing the … idea of consideration sets. Consumers engage in a dynamic search process. At each stage, they consider only those options … identify both search paths and preferences. …

option to buy via search or return to bargaining. Here many buyers choose a bargaining agreement when a search outcome is … predicted. For those who opt out, search outcomes are overall efficient and behavior is relatively close to the optimal search …