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Stable Disequilibrium Prices: Macroeconomics and Increasing Returns I

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  • Geoffrey M. Heal

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The paper establishes conditions for the existence of a set of prices which are stable and at which markets do not clear, providing a rigorous foundation for the existence of fixed-price equilibria via the macroeconomics of increasing returns. It analyzes a Walrasian price adjustment process for a general equilibrium economy with economies of scale in production.

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  • Geoffrey M. Heal, 1982. "Stable Disequilibrium Prices: Macroeconomics and Increasing Returns I," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 650, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
    • Handle: RePEc:cwl:cwldpp:650
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