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Evolution in a Walrasian setting

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  • Accinelli, Elvio
  • Covarrubias, Enrique

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This paper models the dynamic of a sector where firms imitate the technology of leading firms. While it would seem natural to expect that managers will aim at producing with the technology that produces the highest benefits, if many other managers also follow this behavior, the market structure might be modified so much that the advantage associated with a high-profit technology might be erased or even reverse. By modeling this imitation process with replicating dynamics, we find that even if the parameters of the economy are continuous through time and the economy follows a path of competitive equilibria, endogenous discrete jumps in technological choices occur.

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  • Accinelli, Elvio & Covarrubias, Enrique, 2015. "Evolution in a Walrasian setting," MPRA Paper 64736, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    • C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
    • D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies
    • E03 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Behavioral Macroeconomics
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology

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