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This paper studies a coordination game with incomplete information and the option to delay. The delay option enables the agents to observe a binary signal depending on whether the early actions (e.g., investment) surpasses a threshold. The anticipation of information incentivizes agents to wait...
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I extend and discuss the model of asset liquidity by Lester, Postlewaite, and Wright (2007, 2008). I consider a model with decentralized trades in which claims on a real and divisible asset serve as means of payment. A recognizability problem is introduced by assuming that the claims on the...
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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 …
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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. …
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In this paper we investigate the incentives of unemployed workers to wait for a recall when recall probabilities are endogenously determined by the waiting decisions of others. Because of a positive externality that arises when workers seek new employment, an excessive number of workers choose...
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We present a simple, finite-state search model to understand how the cross-sectional distribution of money affects its … value. We first document a network effect: the value of a given unit of money is higher when its distribution is even …. This approach is designed to be especially pertinent in the context of private issuance of money, in particular …
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prospect for money in the evenly rotating economy, I survey the modern literature on frictions that make money useful for … exchange. While exploring techniques commonly used to generate a useful role for money in this environment, I make a … rendering money useful is much larger than he envisioned …
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This paper addresses firstly why people have to use fiat money and then why they are rationally willing to accept it … in unrevealed future. Its model formulates the process that agents determine fiat money's nominal value in an infinite …-time decentralized sequence economy where agents use fiat money to bridge markets to avoid huge transaction cost. It is proved that all …
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This paper investigates two different approaches to the analysis of institutions using game theory and discusses their methodological and theoretical implications for further research. Starting from von Neumann and Morgenstern's theory, we investigate, how Schotter and Schelling's approaches to...
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