Dufwenberg, Martin - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1996
A simple model of marriage and divorce predicts that no marriages occur. Yet, in real life, people marry all the time … formed but end in divorce, some last a lifetime. For certain parameterizations a lifelong efficient marriage is guaranteed … exceedingly emotionally unattractive. These results may have some bearing also on other partnerships than marriage. …