Existence of equilibria in exhaustible resource industries: Nonconvexities and discrete vs. continuous time

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 433-444

  Lozada, Gabriel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive equilibrium; Dynamic economics; Exhaustible resources; Nonconvexities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029685834     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1889(94)00858-4     Document Type: Article

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