A commodity-money refinement in matching models

نویسندگان

  • Neil Wallace
  • Tao Zhu
چکیده

We apply a commodity-money refinement to matching models in which people meet in pairs and buyers make take-it-or-leave-it offers to sellers. The refinement is applied by attaching a utility value to nominal money and letting that value approach zero. An equilibrium satisfies the refinement if it is such a limit. We show that the refinement eliminates a class of non full-support steady states. J. of Econ. Lit. Classification E40. Running title: Commodity-Money Refinement

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • J. Economic Theory

دوره 117  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004