Walras’ Law in Overlapping Generations Economies
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Aiyagari (1992) shows that equilibria are nonoptimal for an overlapping generations economy if and only if Walras’ Law fails. We demonstrate that this failure represents an earnings opportunity exploitable by unsecured debt issue. When unsecured debt is issued, Walras’ Law holds. JEL Classification: D5, D6, D9
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