Научный семинар Департамента теоретической экономики с участием Кемаля Киванча Акоза, НИУ ВШЭ

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Рабочий язык семинара: английский

В рамках семинара выступит: Кемаль Киванч Акоз, доцент Департамента теоретической экономики

Тема выступления: "Search in a Non-exclusive Online Matching Platform"

Аннотация: Every year more people around the world use dating platforms. Yet little is understood about the marriage markets when there are profit maximizing platforms operating in the market. We analyze a standard search and matching model of a marriage market but with a non-exclusive matching platform. Subscribers to the platform enjoy an additional flow of contacts through the platform in exchange for a flow-price for subscription and can continue to search outside of the platform. We first describe the set of search equilibria when there is a platform. Then, we prove existence of an equilibrium with non-zero subscription at a positive price. Finally, for uniform distribution of types, we numerically calculate the equilibrium, matching, type-distribution of singles and a demand function that the platform faces. We find that market demand may locally behave like "Giffen goods" as there are ranges of prices where the market demand increases with price