Optimal Search with Learning

Posted: 19 Jun 2005

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Sunil Sharma

George Washington University - Elliott School of International Affairs; International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Sushil Bikhchandani

University of California, Los Angeles - Anderson School of Management

Abstract

The sequential search problem, without the assumption that the searcher knows the underlying distribution, is investigated. Both search with recall and without recall are examined. Sufficient conditions for the existence of optimal stopping rules with the reservation property are provided. Comparative static results with respect to stochastic dominance (appropriately defined) are obtained.

Keywords: Search, Learning, Information

JEL Classification: D83

Suggested Citation

Sharma, Sunil and Bikhchandani, Sushil, Optimal Search with Learning. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=744065

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