16-036/VI - Search Frictions, Competing Mechanisms and Optimal Market Segmentation


  • Authors
    Xiaoming Cai, Tongji University, PR China; Pieter Gautier, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Ronald Wolthoff, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Publication date
    May 17, 2016
  • Keywords
    search frictions, matching function, meeting technology, competing mechanisms, heterogeneity
  • JEL
    C78, D44, D83