Morales, Antonio J.; Fernández-de-Córdoba, Gonzalo - Departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica, Facultad … - 2010
We show that for any market-clearing price, average profits in a symmetric industry cannot exceed the individual profits from the Walrasian output. This immediately implies that a firm itself can guarantee to beat the market by producing the Walrasian output. This property clarifies and...