AN OPEN EXPANDING ECONOMY MODEL.
Abstract
The authors extend the generalized von Neumann model to an open model by assuming that there are exogeneously determined export and import prices and that any amount can be exported or imported at these prices. The open model is characterized by means of seven axioms. It is shown, by applying the theory of linear programming, that if four economically reasonable assumptions hold, the open model has at least one solution in which at least one good with positive export price is exported and at least one good with positive import price is imported. It is also shown that, in general, a continuum of expansion rates can be achieved by varying certain control variables. The choice of these expansion rates gives indirectly the choice of a suitable sub-economy and also determined the exports and imports of the economy. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0693438
Entities
People
- Gerald L. Thompson
- Oskar Morgenstern
Organizations
- Carnegie Mellon University