Welfare Gains and Losses in Sunspot Equilibria
We study a standard two period exchange economy with one nominal asset. As is well known there is a continuum of sunspot equilibria around each efficient equilibrium. A sunspot equilibrium is inefficient but some household may gain in sunspot equilibria relative to the efficient equilibrium. We show that a household's equilibrium utility level is either locally maximized or locally minimized at the efficient equilibrium, and derive a condition which identifies whether or not a household's utility is locally minimized or maximized.
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2006-10
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Authors: | Kajii, Atsushi |
Institutions: | Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University |
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