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Clubs and the Market: Large Finite Economies

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Bryan Ellickson and Birgit Grodal, Suzanne Scotchmer, and William R.Zame.

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This paper defines a general equilibrium model with exchange and club formation. Agents trade multiple private goods widely in the market, can belong to several clubs, and care about the characteristics of the other members of thei r clubs. The space of agents and the number of possible club types are finite. It is shown that (i) approximate competitive equilibrium exists, (ii) the core can approximately be decentralized. The approximations are close if the economy is large. The central subtlety is in modeling club memberships and expressing the notion that membership choices are consistent across the population.

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Paper provided by University of California at Berkeley in its series Economics Working Papers with number 97-255.

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  1. Anderson, Robert M, 1978. "An Elementary Core Equivalence Theorem," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 46(6), pages 1483-87, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  7. Greg Engl & Suzanne Scotchmer, 1997. "The law of supply in games, markets and matching models (*)," Economic Theory, Springer, vol. 9(3), pages 539-550.
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  12. Gilles, Robert P. & Scotchmer, Suzanne, 1997. "Decentralization in Replicated Club Economies with Multiple Private Goods," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 72(2), pages 363-387, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Gilles, R.P., 1999. "Coalition provision of pure collective goods," Discussion Paper 47, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
  2. Bryan Ellickson & Birgit Grodal & Suzanne Scotchmer & William R. Zame, 1998. "Clubs and the Market: Continuum Economies," Microeconomics 9802002, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Nizar Allouch & Myrna Wooders, 2004. "Price taking equilibrium in club economies with multiple memberships and unbounded club sizes," Cahiers de la Maison des Sciences Economiques b04109, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1). [Downloadable!]
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  4. Joon Song, 2007. "Futures Market: Contractual Arrangement to Restrain Moral Hazard in Teams," Economics Discussion Papers 633, University of Essex, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  5. Bryan Ellickson & Birgit Grodal & Suzanne Scotchmer & William Zame, 2000. "A Theory of Firm Formation and Skills Acquisition," Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers 0359, Econometric Society. [Downloadable!]
  6. Bryan Ellickson & Birgit Grodal & Suzanne Scotchmer & William Zame, 1999. "The Organization of Production, Consumption, and Learning," Discussion Papers 03-23, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics, revised Jun 2003. [Downloadable!]
  7. Allouch, Nizar & Wooders, Myrna, 2002. "Competitive Pricing In Socially Networked Economies," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 639, University of Warwick, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  8. Suzanne Scotchmer, 2002. "Consumption Externalities, Rental Markets and Purchase Clubs," Discussion Papers 03-25, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics, revised May 2003. [Downloadable!]
  9. Hans Gersbach & Hans Haller, 2003. "Competitive Markets, Collective Decisions and Group Formation," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
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  10. Gersbach, Hans & Haller, Hans, 2006. "Clubs and Households," CEPR Discussion Papers 5687, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  11. Harold L. Cole & George J. Mailath & Andrew Postlewaite, 1998. "Efficient non-contractible investments," Staff Report 253, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. [Downloadable!]
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  12. Xiong, Siyang & Zheng, Charles Zhoucheng, 2006. "Core Equivalence Theorem with Production," Staff General Research Papers 12697, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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