Equilibrium behavior in markets and games: Testable restrictions and identification

Journal of Mathematical Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-40

  Carvajal, Andrés ^a   Ray, Indrajit ^b   Snyder, Susan ^c  

^a BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium manifold; General equilibrium; Identification; Non cooperative game theory; Revealed preference theory; Semialgebraic theory; Testable restrictions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742302575     PISSN: 03044068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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