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Existence and Uniqueness of Equilibrium in a Reinsurance Syndicate

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Aase, Knut K. () (Dept. of Finance and Management Science, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration)
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In this paper we consider a reinsurance syndicate, assuming that Pareto optimal allocations exist. Under a continuity assumption on preferences, we show that a competitive equilibrium exists and is unique. Our conditions allow for risks that are not bounded, and we show that the most standard models satisfy our set of sufficient conditions, which are thus not too restrictive. Our approach is to transform the analysis from an infinite dimensional to a finite dimensional setting.

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Paper provided by Department of Finance and Management Science, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in its series Discussion Papers with number 2008/13.

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Date of creation: 13 Aug 2008
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Keywords: Existence of equilibrium; uniqueness of equilibrium; Pareto optimality; reinsurance model; syndicate theory; risk tolerance; exchange economy; probability distributions; Walras’ law;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
C62 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods and Programming - - - Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium
D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies
G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies

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  1. Mas-Colell, Andreu & Zame, William R., 1991. "Equilibrium theory in infinite dimensional spaces," Handbook of Mathematical Economics, in: W. Hildenbrand & H. Sonnenschein (ed.), Handbook of Mathematical Economics, edition 1, volume 4, chapter 34, pages 1835-1898 Elsevier. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Bewley, Truman F., 1972. "Existence of equilibria in economies with infinitely many commodities," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 4(3), pages 514-540, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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