The proof of existence of general equilibrium under taxation given by Shoven and Whalley in 1973 can be reinterpreted as the proof of existence of general equilibrium without taxation. However, an additional good must be introduced into the economy. In this context, this paper shows that it is...

We consider a model with an inffnite number of states of nature, von Neumann - Morgenstern utilities, where agents have different probabil- ity beliefs and where short sells are allowed. We show that no-arbitrage conditions, deffned for ffnite dimensional asset markets models, are not sufficient...

This paper constructs a representative agent supporting the equilibrium allocation in ¡°event-tree¡± economies with time-additive preferences and possibly incomplete securities markets. If the equilibrium allocation is Pareto optimal, this construction gives the usual linear welfare...

This paper examines if an ancient principle, ``the enemy of my enemy is my friend,'' is a good predictor of group formation. I model coalition formation as a static network formation game with complementarities between a pair of adjacent nodes. I demonstrate that the ancient proverb is indeed a...

The high concentration of gases due to global heating, specifically CO2, have been signaled as the main cause of climatic change. The adoption of agricultural practices that are able to increase the content of carbon on the soil has been proposed as a low-cost strategy and immediately available...

This work develops a model of endogenous criminal activities to study the effects of inequality of opportunities and social mobility on the crime level. In particular, a general equilibrium model derived from the economic theory of conflict is proposed, in which a group of heterogeneous agents...

We propose a general approach to study the differential effects of exogenous shocks in economic models with heterogeneous agents. Our setting applies to models that can be stated as ``competition for market shares'' in a broad sense. Examples that fit our type of structure are ubiquitous in...

A general and practical competitive market model for trading indivisible goods is introduced. There are a group of buyers and a group of sellers, and several indivisible goods. Each buyer is initially endowed with a sufficient amount of money and each seller is endowed with several units of each...

The notion of solution plays a crucial role in the conceptual system of Léon Walras, the founder of General Equilibrium Theory (GET). In this paper, after introducing the two solution concepts employed by Walras in the development of his version of GET, respectively called the "theoretical" and...

We study an economy where a collection of indivisible goods are sold to a set of buyers who want to buy at most one good. We characterize the set of Walrasian equilibrium price vectors in such an economy using sets of overdemanded and underdemanded goods. Further, we give characterizations for...