TY - JOUR
T1 - Real indeterminacy of general equilibrium under Knightian uncertainty
AU - Ma, Wei
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - This paper studies the real indeterminacy of equilibria under Knightian uncertainty for economies with incomplete markets of nominal assets. Noting that the preference represented by Knightian uncertainty is incomplete and it induces in a natural way a set of complete preferences, we set ourselves the task of inquiring the relationship between an equilibrium under Knightian uncertainty and its counterpart under the induced complete preferences. It is shown that they are actually equivalent. By means of that equivalence, we show that the real indeterminacy of equilibria caused purely by Knightian uncertainty is the product of the number of agents and the number of assets marketed.
AB - This paper studies the real indeterminacy of equilibria under Knightian uncertainty for economies with incomplete markets of nominal assets. Noting that the preference represented by Knightian uncertainty is incomplete and it induces in a natural way a set of complete preferences, we set ourselves the task of inquiring the relationship between an equilibrium under Knightian uncertainty and its counterpart under the induced complete preferences. It is shown that they are actually equivalent. By means of that equivalence, we show that the real indeterminacy of equilibria caused purely by Knightian uncertainty is the product of the number of agents and the number of assets marketed.
KW - General equilibrium
KW - Indeterminacy
KW - Knightian uncertainty
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jmateco.2018.04.008
DO - 10.1016/j.jmateco.2018.04.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85048476259
SN - 0304-4068
VL - 79
SP - 106
EP - 111
JO - Journal of Mathematical Economics
JF - Journal of Mathematical Economics
ER -