Why are there singles: Being single in equilibrium as a partner discipline device

Although people constantly search for partners, there are always some ones who are left as singles. This paper provides a simple model to demonstrate that this can happen even in the environment most conducive to partnership, when monitoring infidelity is not perfect. The intuition is that, when having a partner is preferred to being single, being single can be used as a discipline device to prevent infidelity.

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Year of publication:	2008-07-03
Authors:	Sohn, Kitae
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 10.2008, 10, p. 1-6
Publisher:	AccessEcon
Subject:	Partner

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies ; D8 - Information and Uncertainty
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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