Search Theory Reading Group
Spring 2015: Wednesday, 1-2pm at RAWL 2079
List of Papers (by Topic)
Schedule of Meetings
1. February 4: Andrew Compton
Guler, Guvenen, Violante (2012): "Joint-Search Theory: New Opportunities and New Frictions," Journal of Monetary Economics.
2. Feburary 11: Jackie Buhrmann
Shimer (2005): "The Assignment of Workers to Jobs in an Economy with Coordination Frictions," Journal of Political Economy.
3. February 18: Stephanie Rosch
Guerrierri, Shimer, Wright (2010): "Adverse Selection in Competitive Search Equilibrium," Econometrica.
4. March 4: Sophie Shen
Smith (2006): "The Marriage Model with Search Frictions," Journal of Political Economy.
5. March 25: Karen Zhong
Mitra and Ranjan (2010): "Offshoring and Unemployment: the Role of Search Frictions and Labor Mobility," Journal of International Economics.
6. April 1: Mary Kate Batistich
Rupert and Wasmer (2012): "Housing and the Labor Market: Time to Move and Aggregate Unemployment," Journal of Monetary Economics.
7. April 8: Masha Brussevich
Alessandria (2009): "Consumer Search, Price Dispersion, and International Relative Price Fluctuations," International Economic Review.
8. April 15: Stanton Hudja
Duffy and Ochs (2002): "Intrinsically Worthless Objects as Media of Exchange: Experimental Evidence," International Economic Review.
9. April 29: Gabi Jiang
Jovanovic (1979). "Job Matching and the Theory of Turnover," Journal of Political Economy.
10. May 6: Linda Hou
Albrecht and Vroman (2002). "A Matching Model with Endogenous Skill Requirements," International Economic Review.
Background Readings
Randy Wright's Search Theory Notes
Mortensen and Pissarides (1999): "Job Reallocation, Employment Fluctuations, and Unemployment"
Rogerson, Shimer, and Wright (2005): "Search Theoretic Models of the Labor Market: A Survey"
Nobel Prize Citation (2010): "Markets With Frictions"
Williamson and Wright (2010): "New Monetarist Economics: Methods"
Lagos, Rocheteau, and Wright (2014): "The Art of Monetary Theory: A New Monetarist Perspective"
Other Resources
Presentation tips: from Monika Piazzesi (Stanford), from Matthias Doepke (Northwestern)