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MarketCommodityStructureinGeneralEquilibriumModel:The CommodificationTechnology

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  • Ken Urai

    (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)

  • Hiromi Murakami

    (Faculty of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts)

  • Weiye Chen

    (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)

  • Yijik Oh

    (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)

Abstract

In this paper, we formalize the concept of commodification technology determining a commodity structure of the market as an extension of the standard Arrow-Debreu general equilibrium framework. Like the commodity differentiation approach in Mas-Colell (1975) and the hedonic approach in Rosen (1974), we treat a commodity as a bandle of characteristics. Such quality of each commodity as well as the market viability problem under asymmetric-information arguments like Dubey et al. (2000) and Bisin et al. (2011) to determine the market structure will be treated uniformly as an endogenous equilibrium state in a strict sense of the general equilibrium theory. In our model, a market participant (a consumer or a producer ) is supposed to have a commodification technology that enables each agent to prepare for market commodities based on their endowments and the transformation technology on basic characteristics, representing the costs for standardization, advertisement, signaling, etc.

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  • Ken Urai & Hiromi Murakami & Weiye Chen & Yijik Oh, 2023. "MarketCommodityStructureinGeneralEquilibriumModel:The CommodificationTechnology," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 23-10, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
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    1. Kelvin J. Lancaster, 1966. "A New Approach to Consumer Theory," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 74(2), pages 132-132.
    2. Mas-Colell, Andreu & Whinston, Michael D. & Green, Jerry R., 1995. "Microeconomic Theory," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780195102680.
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    Keywords

    General Equilibrium Model; Commodity Differentiation; Market Structure; Asymmetoric Information; Commodification Technology;
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    JEL classification:

    • C62 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium
    • D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality

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