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100			_aAnderson, Axel and Smith, Lones _951908
245			_aThe comparative statics of sorting
260			_aThe American Economic Review
300			_a114(3), Mar, 2024: p.709-751
520			_aWe create a general and tractable theory of increasing sorting in pairwise matching models with monetary transfers. The positive quadrant dependence partial order subsumes Becker (1973) as the extreme cases with most and least sorting and implies increasing regression coefficients. Our theory turns on synergy—the cross-partial difference or derivative of match production. This reflects basic economic forces: diminishing returns, technological convexity, insurance, and learning dynamics. We prove sorting increases if match synergy globally increases, and is cross-sectionally monotone or single crossing. We use our results to derive sorting predictions in major economics sorting papers and in new applications.- Reproduced https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20210890
650			_aPairwise matching models, Monetary transfers, positive quadrant dependence, sorting theory, synergy, match production, diminishing returns, technological convexity, insurance, learning dynamics, regression coefficients _951909
773			_aThe American Economic Review
906			_aECONOMICS
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