EXISTENCE OF COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIA IN MARKETS WITH A CONTINUUM OF TRADERS.

Abstract

It is well known, and easy to establish, that there exist markets that do not have competitive equilibria, provided the traders do not have convex preferences--that is, that the set of commodity bundles preferred or indifferent to a given bundle is not always convex. It is proved, nevertheless, that in a market consisting of a continuum of traders, each one individually insignificant, there is always a competitive equilibrium, even when the preferences are not convex. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0601263

Entities

People

  • R. Aumann

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Commerce
  • Commodities

Fields of Study

  • Economics

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  • Economics
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