Arbeitspapier

Core allocations may not be Walras allocations in any large finite economy with indivisible commodities

We consider an exchange economy where every commodity can be consumed only in integer amounts. Inoue [Inoue, T., 2005. Do pure indivisibilities prevent core equivalence? Core equivalence theorem in an atomless economy with purely indivisible commodities only. Journal of Mathematical Economics 41, 571-601] proved that in such an economy with a continuum of agents, the core coincides with the set of Walras allocations. We show that this equivalence holds only in an atomless economy by giving two examples of the sequence of replica economies such that in any replica economy, there exists a core allocation that is not a Walras allocation.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Working Papers ; No. 419

Classification
Wirtschaft
Cooperative Games
Exchange and Production Economies
Subject
Indivisible commodities
Core
Walras equilibrium
Strong core
Cost-minimized Walras equilibrium
Gleichgewichtstheorie
Core
Marktmechanismus
Unteilbarkeit
Theorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Inoue, Tomoki
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Bielefeld University, Institute of Mathematical Economics (IMW)
(where)
Bielefeld
(when)
2009

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:hbz:361-14927
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Inoue, Tomoki
  • Bielefeld University, Institute of Mathematical Economics (IMW)

Time of origin

  • 2009

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