Global instability in experimental general equilibrium: The Scarf example

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-249

  Anderson, Christopher M ^a   Plott, Charles R ^b   Shimomura, Ken Ichi ^c   Granat, Sander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Experiments; General equilibrium; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942478373     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0531(03)00185-6     Document Type: Article

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