Global invertibility of excess demand functions
Enrique Covarrubias
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Abstract:
In this paper we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the excess demand function of a pure exchange economy to be globally invertible so that there is a unique equilibrium. Indeed, we show that an excess demand function is globally invertible if and only if its Jacobian never vanishes and it is a proper map. Our result includes as special cases many partial results found in the literature that imply global uniqueness including Gale-Nikaido conditions and properties related to stability of equilibria. Furthermore, by showing that the condition is necessary, we are implicitly finding the weakest possible condition.
Keywords: Uniqueness; Equilibrium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D5 D50 D51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-05-30
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Working Paper: Global Invertibility of Excess Demand Functions (2013) 
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