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Discrete Walrasian Exchange Process

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  • Jean-Marc Bonnisseau

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Orntangar Nguenamadji

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

Abstract

In an exchange economy, we define a discrete exchange process, which is Walrasian since the trades are determined by the equilibrium allocation of the local equilibrium. We prove that this process attains a Pareto optimal allocation after a finite number of steps and the local equilibrium price then supports the Pareto optimal allocation. Furthermore, along the process, the allocation remains feasible and the utility of each consumer is non-decreasing.

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  • Jean-Marc Bonnisseau & Orntangar Nguenamadji, 2013. "Discrete Walrasian Exchange Process," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-00638196, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:cesptp:halshs-00638196
    DOI: 10.1007/s00199-011-0682-y
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    1. Gaël Giraud & Nguenamadji Orntangar, 2011. "Monetary Policy under Finite Speed of Trades and Myopia," Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne 11011, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne.
    2. Bonnisseau, Jean-Marc & Nguenamadji, Orntangar, 2010. "On the uniqueness of local equilibria," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 46(5), pages 623-632, September.

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    Keywords

    Exchange process; Walrasian equilibrium; local equilibrium; Pareto optimum;
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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
    • D50 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - General
    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities

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