Brian McCall, John McCall

The Economics of Search

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The economics of search is a prominent component of economic theory, and it has a richness and elegance that underpins a host of practical applications. In this book Brian and John McCall present a comprehensive overview of the economic theory of search, from the classical model of job search formulated forty years ago to the recent developments in equilibrium models of search.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 574
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 153mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 800g
• ISBN-13: 9780415753982
• ISBN-10: 0415753988
• Artikelnr.: 39699093

Autorenporträt

John McCall is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California Los Angeles and University of California Santa Barbara and Brian McCall is Professor of Education & Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Mathematical Methods 3. The History and Evolution of
Sequential Analysis 4. The Basic Sequential Search Model and its
Ramifications 5. Estimation Methods for Duration Models 6. Unemployment,
Unemployment Insurance and Sequential Job Search 7. Job Search in a Dynamic
Economy 8. Expected Utility Maximizing Job Search 9. Multi-armed Bandits
and their Economic Applications 10. A Sample of Early Response to Diamond's
Paradox and Rothschild's Complaint 11. Equilibrium Search after the
Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides Breakthrough 12. Structural Estimation Methods
13. The Ubiquity of Search 14. Topics for Further Inquiry