Backward unraveling over time: The evolution of strategic behavior in the entry level British medical labor markets

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 25, Issue 6-7, 2001, Pages 1039-1080

  Ünver, M Utku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

C63 computational techniques; C78 bargaining theory; D83 search; Genetic algorithms; Learning and information; Linear programming matching; Matching theory; Stability; Two sided matching; Unraveling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042335914     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(00)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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