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Bilateral exchange and competitive equilibrium

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  • Flåm, Sjur Didrik

    (Department of Economics, University of Bergen, Norway)

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Motivated by computerized markets, this paper considers direct exchange between matched agents, just two at a time. Each party holds a "commodity vector”, and each seeks, whenever possible, a better holding. Focus is on feasible, voluntary exchanges, driven only by (projected) differences in generalized gradients. The paper plays down the importance of agents’ competence, experience and foresight. It also reduces the role of optimization, and it allows non-smooth data. Yet it identi…es reasonable conditions which suffice for convergence to competitive equilibrium.

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  • Flåm, Sjur Didrik, 2015. "Bilateral exchange and competitive equilibrium," Working Papers in Economics 05/15, University of Bergen, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:bergec:2015_005
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    Keywords

    bilateral exchange; convex preferences; competitive equilibrium; generalized gradients; transferable utility.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
    • D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies

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