Statistical equilibrium wealth distributions in an exchange economy with stochastic preferences

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 417-435

  Silver, Jonathan ^a   Slud, Eric ^b   Takamoto, Keiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Exchange market; Gamma distribution; Markov model; Stochastic preferences; Wealth distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036816291     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeth.2001.2897     Document Type: Article

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