This introduces the symposium on general equilibrium.

This paper analyzes the stability of the (Pareto efficient) nonsunspot equilibria as a function of the constraints faced by consumers in their ability to transfer wealth between states of nature. Equilibria that are stable for the certainty economy define nonsunspot equilibria that are stable in...

Countercyclical markups are a key transmission mechanism in many endogenous business cycle models. Yet, recent findings suggest that aggregate markups in the US are procyclical. The current model addresses this issue. It extends Galí's (1994) composition of aggregate demand model by endogenous...

In this paper, we study the occurrence of local indeterminacy in two-sector monetary economies. We consider a general MIUF model with two alternative timings in monetary payments: the Cash-In-Advance timing, in which the cash available to buy goods is money in the consumers' hands after they...

Diese Arbeit stellt eine Monographie zur Eindeutigkeit von Wettbewerbsgleichgewichten in zweiperiodigen Finanzmarktmodellen, in Finanzmarktmodellen in endogener Unsicherheit (Sunspot-Modelle) sowie in dynamischen Finanzmarktmodellen mit der Struktur überlappender Generationen (OLG-Modelle) dar....

In this paper we have built a model of financial intermediation that explains the GDP variability pattern of an economy during the development process. In our model, per capita is more volatile in the middle-income economies than in both low and high-income economies. We show that, if the model...