Sponsored search mechanisms, where advertisers bid for placement to beas close to the top in the listing of search … results, are the fastestgrowing among online search models. Sponsored search in popular searchservices such as Google and … Yahoo! employ an auction mechanism whereinfirms can bid, for a better placement in the (sponsored) search results …

assortments. Consumers facea search problem within an assortment of horizontally differentiatedproducts supplied by a monopolist …. They may search for a product matchby drawing products from the assortment or by seeking word of mouthrecommendations from …

consumer search in electronic markets. In conventional markets, consumer search costs are primarily a function of the consumer … electronic markets, consumer search costs are primarily a function of the consumer’s mental awareness of different retailers … — and this awareness is likely to be concentrated in the hands of a few retailers.Based on this model of consumer search, IT …

effort and oceanographic data. This dataset is used to test the hypothesis that intensive fishing effort increases the search …

In this dissertation, I investigate how government policies influence an individual's decision to search for and accept … program. An on-the-job search model with crime is used to model criminal behavior, derive the estimation method and analyze … search and matching model of the labor market. All workers, irrespective of their labor force status can commit crimes and …