Generic determinacy among stationary overlapping generations

For simplicity or realism, determinacy analysis for overlapping-generations models typically aggregates all conceivable commodities into a fixed, finite number of types. Analysis finds robust examples with indeterminate equilibria, which suggests indeterminacy may be significant among overlapping ge...

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Veröffentlicht in:Economic theory 2022-06, Vol.73 (4), p.977-993
1. Verfasser: Burke, Jonathan L.
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Zusammenfassung:For simplicity or realism, determinacy analysis for overlapping-generations models typically aggregates all conceivable commodities into a fixed, finite number of types. Analysis finds robust examples with indeterminate equilibria, which suggests indeterminacy may be significant among overlapping generations. But does robust indeterminacy exist despite that simplifying aggregation? or because of aggregation? We suggest the latter with a generic determinacy theorem for overlapping-generations models with idealized competitive markets for a continuum of commodities in discrete or continuous time. And aggregating the continuum of commodities into a finite number of types transforms some of those generic, determinate models into ostensibly-robust indeterminacy examples.
ISSN:0938-2259
1432-0479
DOI:10.1007/s00199-021-01340-1