The exact law of large numbers for independent random matching

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1105-1139

  Duffie, Darrell ^a   Sun, Yeneng ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Exact law of large numbers; Independent random matching; Population dynamics; Random mutation; Search

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862784579     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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