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Structural stability and catastrophes

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  • Andrea Loi

    (University of Cagliari - Italy)

  • Stefano Matta

    (University of Cagliari - Italy)

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We show that, in a pure exchange smooth economy, a redistribution of endowments involving singular economies can be supported by a unique and continuous path of supporting equilibrium price vectors if this redistribution is the projection of a path on the equilibrium manifold transversal to the set of critical equilibria.

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  • Andrea Loi & Stefano Matta, 2012. "Structural stability and catastrophes," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 32(4), pages 3378-3385.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-12-00560
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    Keywords

    Equilibrium manifold; regular equilibria; catastrophes; structural stability; smooth selection of prices.;
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    JEL classification:

    • D5 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium
    • C6 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling

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