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Short Sales, Destruction of Resources, Welfare

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  • Kokonas, Nikos

    (Department of Economics, University of Bath)

  • Polemarchakis, Herakles

    (Department of Economics, University of Warwick)

Abstract

A reduction in the output of productive assets (trees) in some states of the world can expand the span of payoffs of assets and, improved risk sharing may compensate for the loss of output and support a Pareto superior allocation. Surprisingly, if short sales of assets are not allowed, improved risk sharing that results from the destruction of output does not suffice to induce a Pareto superior allocation.

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  • Kokonas, Nikos & Polemarchakis, Herakles, 2015. "Short Sales, Destruction of Resources, Welfare," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1102, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    short sales ; destruction ; welfare;
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    JEL classification:

    • D52 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Incomplete Markets
    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis

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