
doi: 10.24149/wp1402
We present a theory of targeted search, where people with a nite information processing capacity search for a match. Our theory explicitly accounts for both the quantity and the quality of matches. It delivers a unique equilibrium that resides in between the random matching and the directed search outcomes. The equilibrium that emerges from this middle ground is inecient relative to the constrained Pareto allocation. Our theory encompasses the outcomes of the random matching and the directed search literature as limiting cases.
matching; assignment; search; efficiency; information, jel: jel:D83, jel: jel:C78, jel: jel:J64, jel: jel:E24
matching; assignment; search; efficiency; information, jel: jel:D83, jel: jel:C78, jel: jel:J64, jel: jel:E24
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