TY - BOOK AU - McCall,Brian Patrick AU - McCall,John Joseph TI - The economics of search SN - 0415299926 (hbk.) AV - HB135 M122E 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Economics KW - Mathematical models KW - Search theory N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [506]-539) and index; Mathematical methods -- The history and evolution of sequential analysis -- The basic sequential search model and its ramifications -- Estimation methods for duration models -- Unemployment, unemployment insurance and sequential job search -- Job search in a dynamic economy -- Expected utility maximizing job search -- Multi-armed bandits and their economic applications -- A sample of early response to Diamond's paradox and Rothschild's complaint -- Equilibrium search after the Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides breakthrough -- Structural estimation methods -- The ubiquity of search -- Topics for further inquiry ER -