Variability is beneficial in marked stopping problems

DOI10.1007/S00199-007-0226-7zbMath1151.91670OpenAlexW1964017242MaRDI QIDQ926200

Sheldon M. Ross, Steven A. Lippman

Publication date: 26 May 2008

Published in: Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-007-0226-7

zbMATH Keywords

Optimal stoppingSearchVariability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic models in economics (91B70) Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40)

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