Competitive equilibrium in an exchange economy with indivisibilities
成果类型:
Article
署名作者:
Bikhchandani, S; Mamer, JW
刊物名称:
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY
ISSN/ISSBN:
0022-0531
DOI:
10.1006/jeth.1996.2269
发表日期:
1997
页码:
385-413
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摘要:
We analyze an exchange economy in which (i) all commodities except money are indivisible, (ii) agents' preferences can be described by a reservation value for each bundle of indivisible objects, and (iii) all agents are price-takers. We obtain a necessary and sufficient condition under which market clearing prices exist. Implications for market mechanisms are discussed. (C) 1997 Academic Press.