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Discrete Choice, Complete Markets, and Equilibrium

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  • Simon Mongey
  • Michael E. Waugh

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This paper characterizes the allocations that emerge in general equilibrium economies populated by households with preferences of the additive random utility type that make discrete consumption, employment or spatial decisions. We start with a complete markets economy where households can trade claims contingent upon the realizations of their preference shocks. We (i) establish a first and second welfare theorem, (ii) illustrate that in the absence of ex-ante trade, discrete choice economies are generically inefficient, (iii) show that complete markets are not necessary and a much smaller set of securities decentralizes the efficient allocation. We illustrate the relevance of these results in several canonical settings and for measuring how welfare changes in response to changes in prices.

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  • Simon Mongey & Michael E. Waugh, 2024. "Discrete Choice, Complete Markets, and Equilibrium," Staff Report 656, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedmsr:97772
    DOI: 10.21034/sr.656
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    Keywords

    Welfare; Discrete choice; Complete markets;
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    JEL classification:

    • R13 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
    • E20 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • D52 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Incomplete Markets

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