Sexonomic Soulmates
Man, it’s funny when economic minds ply their craft when it comes to the dating game.
From Marginal Revolution: Modal wives and why it is hard to marry well comes this idea:
The key inputs for a good marriage are attitude and a minimum degree of compatibility, not search and discovery.
The quest for the perfect mate makes it harder to come to terms with what is otherwise a compatible marriage. Which perhaps is all you are going to get anyway. Marriage is good for you, and don’t be too fussy, this is not iTunes. Too much choice, or too much perceived choice, is problematic.
Read the comments in that post - they’re awesome and full of terms like search costs, satisficing, time decay and revealed preference.
I wonder how many economists believe in soulmates. Not many, if this is any indicator.
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