I will sketch the history of the so-called turnpike theorems and describe some interesting recent developments regarding them. I will also discuss the attempt to apply the ideas of turnpike theorems in the literature of optimal capital accumulation to the theory of competitive equilibrium over...

This essay reports (without attempting an exhaustive survey of the literature) on a body of formal research rooted in the models with which these authors were concerned : the model of bargaining, the model of coalitional opportunities, and the model of distribution of unproduced resources; and...