Yoav Sivan

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The Economist
The Irish Times
Haaretz
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Not So Glad to be Gay
La Gerusalemme Liberata
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yoav.sivan (at) iusy.org
Ph: +972 54 220 4002

 

 

 

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Strategic Interaction in the Sex Market

(with John Morrow)

 (Interactive Example w/Chicago Data)

 
    There have been few attempts to empirically explain the pursuit of short term relationships and sex in a formal context. Previous work has lamented the paucity of empirical studies which utilize incentive driven behavior to draw conclusions and recommend policy. We provide an empirical approach derived from a game theoretic model of social interaction and apply it to a population of high interest. Specifically, we apply the approach to a population of sexually active men who have sex with men (MSM) in a large metropolitan area and derive qualitative conclusions regarding how individuals behave in the marketplace for sex.