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On the boundary behavior of the excess demand function

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I revisit thoroughly the standard boundary behavior satisfied by the excess demand function of a competitive economy, and I prove two implications of the boundary behavior. Then, I show that these implications lead to an alternative proof of the existence of competitive equilibria which is instructive, shorter and perhaps easier than the available proofs in the literature.

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  • Ruscitti, Francesco, 2012. "On the boundary behavior of the excess demand function," Research in Economics, Elsevier, vol. 66(4), pages 371-374.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reecon:v:66:y:2012:i:4:p:371-374
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2012.05.001
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