Equilibrium prices when the sunspot variable is continuous

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-38

  Garratt, Rod ^a   Keister, Todd ^b   Qin, Cheng Zhong ^a   Shell, Karl ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indivisibilities; Lottery equilibrium; Nonconvexities; Sunspot equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036866728     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeth.1999.2634     Document Type: Article

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