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Valuation equilibria with clubs

Abstract: This paper considers model worlds in which there is a continuum of individuals who form finite-sized associations to undertake joint activities. We show how, through a suitable choice of commodity space, restrictions on the composition of feasible groups can be incorporated into the specification of the consumption and production sets of the economy. We also show that if there are a finite number of types, then the classical results from the competitive analysis of convex finite-agent economies can be reinterpreted to apply.

Keywords: Consumption (Economics);

Status: Published in Journal of Economic Theory (Vol. 74, No. 1, May 1997, pp. 19-39)

Bibliographic Information

Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Part of Series: Staff Report

Publication Date: 1996

Number: 174