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A Riemannian metric on the equilibrium manifold: the smooth case

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  • Stefano Matta

    (University of Cagliari)

  • Andrea Loi

    (University of Cagliari)

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In a pure exchange smooth economy with fixed total resources, we construct a Riemannian metric on the equilibrium manifold such that the minimal geodesic connecting two (sufficiently close) regular equilibria intersects the codimension one stratum of critical equilibria in a finite number of points.

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  • Stefano Matta & Andrea Loi, 2006. "A Riemannian metric on the equilibrium manifold: the smooth case," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 4(30), pages 1-9.
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