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Premuneration Values and Investments in Matching Markets

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  • George J. Mailath
  • Andrew Postlewaite
  • Larry Samuelson

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We analyze a model in which agents make investments and then match into pairs to create a surplus. The agents can make transfers to reallocate their pretransfer ownership claims on the surplus. Mailath, Postlewaite, and Samuelson (2013) showed that when investments are unobservable, equilibrium investments are generally inefficient. In this paper we work with a more structured model that is sufficiently tractable to analyze the nature of the investment inefficiencies. We provide conditions under which investment is inefficiently high or low and conditions under which changes in the pretransfer ownership claims on the surplus will be Pareto improving, as well as examine how the degree of heterogeneity on either side of the market affects investment efficiency.
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  • George J. Mailath & Andrew Postlewaite & Larry Samuelson, 2017. "Premuneration Values and Investments in Matching Markets," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 127(604), pages 2041-2065, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:econjl:v:127:y:2017:i:604:p:2041-2065
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    1. Han, Seungjin & Sam, Alex & Shin, Youngki, 2024. "Monotone equilibrium in matching markets with signaling," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 216(C).
    2. Ahmadzadeh, Amirreza & Kamali-Shahdadi, Behrang, 2023. "Matching Unskilled/Skilled Workers to Firms Facing Budget Constraints," TSE Working Papers 23-1446, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
    3. Alston, Max, 2020. "On the non-existence of stable matches with incomplete information," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 336-344.
    4. Dizdar, Deniz & Moldovanu, Benny, 2016. "On the importance of uniform sharing rules for efficient matching," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 165(C), pages 106-123.
    5. Francesco Sannino, 2024. "The Equilibrium Size and Value‐Added of Venture Capital," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 79(2), pages 1297-1352, April.
    6. Chen, Yi-Chun & Hu, Gaoji, 2020. "Learning by matching," Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 15(1), January.

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    JEL classification:

    • C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
    • D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General
    • D41 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Perfect Competition
    • D50 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - General
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness

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