Agent Matching Model

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An Agent Matching Model is an micro-economic model that attempts to describe the formation of mutually beneficial relationships over time.



References

2020

  • (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matching_theory_(economics) Retrieved:2020-3-26.
    • In economics, matching theory, also known as search and matching theory, is a mathematical framework attempting to describe the formation of mutually beneficial relationships over time.

      Matching theory has been especially influential in labor economics, where it has been used to describe the formation of new jobs, as well as to describe other human relationships like marriage. Matching theory evolved from an earlier framework called 'search theory'. Where search theory studies the microeconomic decision of an individual searcher, matching theory studies the macroeconomic outcome when one or more types of searchers interact. It offers a way of modeling markets in which frictions prevent instantaneous adjustment of the level of economic activity. Among other applications, it has been used as a framework for studying frictional unemployment. ...