prevalence of social networks in job search there is as yet no consensus on the mechanisms for why referrals are so important: an …

structural search model that allows housing owners to buy second houses to let out, and let rents be determined endogenously. To …In this paper, I explore and explain how buy-to-let investors affect housing price dynamics. The impact of buy …-to-let investors on the housing market is much discussed by policy makers, but previously not considered in the literature. I develop a …

I propose a model of the housing market using a search framework with asymmetric information in which sellers are … advantage in the matching process, incentive compatible listing contracts are implementable as long as housing is not already … posting as a signalling device to direct buyers' search. Adverse selection and inefficient entry on the demand side then …

The housing market exhibits a puzzling yet repetitive seasonal boom and bust cycle where prices and trade volume rise … in summers and fall in winters. This paper presents a search model that analytically generates the observed deterministic …

model, the search and matching theory and behavioral economics. Concerning the latter, we propose a new framework to explain …We review the existing literature on the causes of vacancies in the housing market. First, we present a detailed … vacancies in the housing market in the context of prospect theory which could be extended by future research. Second, we …

We propose a theoretical explanation for the so-called "beauty premium". Our explanation is based entirely on search … interaction between frictional labour and marriage markets and establish the existence of a search equilibrium characterised by …

We prove existence of steady-state equilibrium in a class of matching models with search frictions. …

When agents do not know where to find a match, they search. However, agents could direct their search to agents who … strategically choose a certain signal. Introducing cheap talk to a model of sequential search with bargaining, we find that signals … is a necessary and sufficient condition. It simultaneously ensures perfect positive assortative matching, so that single …

two-sided search and matching model used to rationalize the empirical facts and carry out predictions regarding match …This paper studies the two-sided dynamic matching problem that occurs in the US foster care system. In this market …

This note presents an ordered search model in which consumers search both for price and product fitness. We construct … an equilibrium in which there is price dispersion and prices rise in the order of search. The top firms in consumer … search process, though charge lower prices, earn higher profits due to their larger market shares. …