Affection, speed dating and heart breaking

Kai Konrad

Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Economics of Change from WZB Berlin Social Science Center

Abstract: This paper explores the role of unilateral and idiosyncratic affection rents (love) from being married with a specific individual in a matching model with individuals with heterogenous matching frequencies. We show that individuals suffer in expectation from being matched with individuals with high matching frequency. High-frequency daters have high reservation utilities for entering into a marriage. This makes them turn down many offers and makes them appear as heart-breakers.

Keywords: marriage; affection rent; love; matching; non-hierarchical heterogeneity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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