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Walrasian Equilibria in a Production Economy with Indivisibilities

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  • Jinpeng Ma

    (Economics, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ 08102)

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This paper studies a production economy with indivisibilities. We provide a characterization for all Walraian equilibria and a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of Walrasian equilibrium. We find a sufficient condition for every descening (ascending) price process to converge to a Walrasian equilibrium within finite periods of time.

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  • Jinpeng Ma, 1997. "Walrasian Equilibria in a Production Economy with Indivisibilities," Departmental Working Papers 199712, Rutgers University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:rut:rutres:199712
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