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Collective consumption decisions taken by the members of a household may prove inefficient. The impact on market performance depends on whether household inefficiencies are caused by inefficient net trades with the market or by inefficient distribution of resources within households. Inefficient...
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inefficient household decisions on market performance is investigated. At one extreme, market efficiency can occur even when … market. At the other extreme, market efficiency is bound to fail, if household inefficiencies are solely caused by an … stability requires efficient or not too inefficient internal distribution. -- allocative efficiency ; general equilibrium …
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We develop a model to rationalize and examine so-called “research bubbles”, i.e. research activities based on overoptimistic beliefs about the impact of this research on the economy. Research bubbles occur when researchers selfselect into research activities and the government aggregates the...
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We examine the coexistence of banks and financial markets, studying a credit market where the qualities of investment projects are not observable and the investment decisions of entrepreneurs are not contractible. Standard banks can alleviate moral-hazard problems by securing a portion of a...
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