efficient matching of workers to firms. This mechanism can be thought of as operated by a recruitment agency, an employment … office or head hunter. In a centralised descending-bid, multi-item procurement auction, workers submit wage-bids for each job …

games not in this class may have non-convergent market equilibria. This is the case for the k-double auction: we find that …. -- Matching and bargaining ; search ; double auctions ; foundations for perfect competition ; rate of convergence …

Shapley Algorithmus ; doppelseitige Auktion ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Matching … dezentrale doppelte Auktion zur Zuordnung von Arbeitsplätzen und Arbeitskräften nach dem Kriterium der Produktivität. -- Gale …

We study a two-sided matching market with a set of heterogeneous firms and workers in an environment where jobs are …

We consider a simple model of the competitive screening of students by schools and colleges. Students apply to schools … which then perform costly screening procedures of the applicants to select those with high ability. Students who receive … show a channel through which students' preferences affect schools' screening decisions and outcomes: as schools increase …

, and a robust Beveridge curve. -- Job matching ; shirking ; efficiency wages ; endogenous separation ; contractual …

This paper considers a dynamic matching model with imperfectly observable worker effort. In equilibrium, the wage …