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A Note on Reswitching and Intertemporal Prices

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  • Fratini, Saverio M.

    (Università degli Studi Roma Tre (University of Rome Tre))

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Bliss (1975) claims that reswitching is nothing but an ‘optical illusion’ due to the exclusion of non-stationary price sequences from the analysis. The present paper is aimed at developing this point. The standard case for choice of techniques and reswitching is reformulated in terms of Arrow-Debreu intertemporal prices and the conditions making these prices stationary are highlighted separately. It is then shown that the analysis of the choice of techniques in terms of ‘switch points’ requires the stationary conditions.

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  • Fratini, Saverio M., 2014. "A Note on Reswitching and Intertemporal Prices," Centro Sraffa Working Papers CSWP5, Centro di Ricerche e Documentazione "Piero Sraffa".
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    Keywords

    reswitching; stationary prices; intertemporal prices; convex sets;
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    • B51 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian
    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • D46 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Value Theory

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