Getting to a competitive equilibrium

Econometrica

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-49

  Keisler, H Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Exchange economy; Price adjustment; T tonnement

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY VECTOR; COMPETITION(ECONOMY); DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM; ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM; EXCHANGE ECONOMY; PRICE ADJUSTMENT; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE VECTOR;

AGENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 0030365865     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2171923     Document Type: Article

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