Label the divorced : a repeated-game analysis on (re)marriage market with community enforcement
by Zhang Yimeng
THESIS
2018
M.Phil. Economics
vii, 32 pages ; 30 cm
Abstract
I study the marriage and remarriage market in a repeated-game framework with potentially
alternating partners. I show that introducing marital labels by a credible institution can improve
social efficiency by limiting inefficient punishment on divorced singles. With the presence of
marital labels, the most efficient centralized matching protocol is to arrange as many bachelor-divorced marriage as possible. I also characterize the equilibrium behavior for a decentralized
society where marital status are observable. Welfare comparison across social institutions with
different degrees of pre-marriage labels transparency is conducted.
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