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Intertemporal effiiency does not imply a common price forecast

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  • Shurojit Chatterji

    (Singapore Management University)

  • Atsushi Kajii

    (Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)

  • Huaxia Zeng

    (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)

Abstract

Do price forecasts of rational economic agents need to coincide in perfectly com- petitive complete markets? To address this question, we define an efficient tempo- rary equilibrium (ETE) within the framework of a two period economy. Although an ETE allocation is intertemporally efficient and is obtained by perfect competition, it can arise without the agents forecasts being coordinated on a perfect foresight price. We show that there is a one dimensional set of such Pareto efficient allocations for generic endowments.

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  • Shurojit Chatterji & Atsushi Kajii & Huaxia Zeng, 2018. "Intertemporal effiiency does not imply a common price forecast," KIER Working Papers 999, Kyoto University, Institute of Economic Research.
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    • D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies
    • D53 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Financial Markets
    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis

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