– persistence despite failures – to ensure broad search for good solutions. Using an agent-based simulation model, I show that the … link between patience and innovation is complex: Moderate levels of patience promote broad and effective search. High … search. Furthermore, because translating the gains of patience into performance improvements requires time, low levels of …

Firms simultaneously set prices in a homogeneous-product market where uninformed consumers search for price information …. Some uninformed consumers are “local” searchers who visit only one seller, whereas others search sequentially with an … benefits all consumers. A reduction in search cost sometimes leads to higher equilibrium prices. …

analyze every alternative. To capture these situations, we formulate a framework to study behavioral search by utilizing the … idea of consideration sets. Consumers engage in a dynamic search process. At each stage, they consider only those options … identify both search paths and preferences. …

complexity metrics, we find that all three patterns are well organized by metrics suggested by Lipman (1995) and Gabaix (2014 …