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Equilibria Under Knightian Price Uncertainty.

Authors :
Beissner, Patrick
Riedel, Frank
Source :
Econometrica; Jan2019, Vol. 87 Issue 1, p37-64, 28p
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

We study economies with Knightian uncertainty about state prices. We introduce an equilibrium concept with sublinear prices and prove that equilibria exist under weak conditions. In general, such equilibria lead to inefficient allocations; they coincide with Arrow–Debreu equilibria if and only if the values of net trades are ambiguity‐free in mean. In economies without aggregate uncertainty, inefficiencies are generic. Equilibrium allocations under price uncertainty are efficient in a constrained sense that we call uncertainty–neutral efficient. Arrow–Debreu equilibria turn out to be non‐robust with respect to the introduction of Knightian uncertainty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00129682
Volume :
87
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Econometrica
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
134430092
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA14934