This paper develops a theoretical search framework to analyse the wage losses experienced by displaced workers. We underline the importance of accounting for two different sources of wage losses whose consequences might differ, namely the loss of rents earned on their pre-displacement job and...

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We propose a model of the phenomenon of persuasion. We argue that individual beliefs evolve in a way that overweights the opinions and information of individuals whom they "listen to" relative to other individuals. Such agents can be understood to be acting as though they believe they listen to...

Bankruptcy acts as insurance if the decision to default is negatively correlated with income shocks. However, whether bankruptcy actually provides insurance is dependent on the punishment for default. Such rules can instead cause the consumer to become credit constrained. If debts are not fully...

Nominal income rules for monetary policy have long been debated, but two issues are of particular recent interest. First, there are questions about the performance of such rules over a range of plausible empirical models---especially models with and without rational inflation expectations....

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We empirically measure the effects increasing competition on equilibrium bidding in procurement auctions. In common value auctions, the winner's curse counsels more conservative bidding as the number of competitors increases. First, we estimate the structural parameters of an equilibrium bidding...

Investigating the robustness of the skill-biased technical change hypothesis, this analysis incorporates two novel features. First, effective labor is modeled as the product of a quantity measure - number of employees with a given level of education - and a quality index. The quality index,...

This paper is to examine the effect of the receiver pays principle (RPP) on the calling price, social welfare and interconnection charge. A significant trouble with introducing this system in telecommunications pricing is the possibility that the receiving party may refuse to receive a call if...

Numerous public policies are aimed at improving the earnings opportunities for children of the poor and at reducing lifetime earnings inequality. This paper investigates to what extent such policies accomplish their objectives. A quantitative theory of intergenerational mobility and lifetime...