This paper studies investment incentives in the steady state of a dynamic bilateral matching market. Because of search frictions, both parties in a match are partially locked-in when they bargain over the joint surplus from their sunk investments. The associated holdup problem depends on market...

This paper studies investment incentives in the steady state of a dynamic bilateral matching market. Because of search frictions, both parties in a match are partially locked-in when they bargain over the joint surplus from their sunk investments. The associated holdup problem depends on market...

Die Industrieökonomik beschäftigt sich mit der Interaktion zwischen Markt und Unternehmen. Dies betrifft z.B. die Preis- und Produktwahl eines Unternehmens, das Wettbewerbsverhalten im Oligopol, Kartellabsprachen, Marktzutritts- und -austrittsentscheidungen sowie Forschungs- und...