Indivisible commodities and an equivalence theorem on the strong core
Tomoki Inoue
Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2014, vol. 54, issue C, 22-35
Abstract:
We consider a pure exchange economy with finitely many indivisible commodities that are available only in integer quantities. We prove that in such an economy with a sufficiently large number of agents, but finitely many agents, the strong core coincides with the set of expenditure-minimizing Walrasian allocations. Because of the indivisibility, the preference maximization does not imply the expenditure minimization. An expenditure-minimizing Walrasian equilibrium is a state where, under some price vector, all agents satisfy both the preference maximization and the expenditure minimization.
Keywords: Indivisible commodities; Strong core; Expenditure-minimizing Walrasian equilibrium; Core—Walras equivalence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2014.07.002
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