The theory of assortative matching based on costly signals

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 253-281

  Hoppe, Heidrun C ^a   Moldovanu, Benny ^b   Sela, Aner ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; MODELING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 58149293246     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2008.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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