ECON 253B - Topics in Search and Matching
Surveys topics in search and matching theory with a particular emphasis on unemployment and the labor market. As far as possible, the topics will be chosen to complement the material covered in Economics 253A. Examples of topics covered are: (1) Competitive search with particular emphasis on markets with asymmetric information, (2) Applications of search theory to the housing market and (3) Applications of search theory to informal labor markets in Latin America.
Phil Murphy
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