Competitive equilibria in semi-algebraic economies

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 301-330

  Kubler, Felix ^a,b   Schmedders, Karl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FINANCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Equilibrium correspondence; Equilibrium multiplicity; Gr bner bases; Polynomial equations; Semi algebraic preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149090809     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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