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2 marksMicroeconomics › General equilibrium and exchange economies › Existence and non-existence of equilibriumHardabout 4 min

DSE 2010 Question 54: General equilibrium and exchange economies

Now suppose agent 1 lexicographically prefers yyy to xxx and agent 2 treats xxx and yyy as perfect complements. The set of competitive equilibrium allocations

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Now suppose agent 1 lexicographically prefers y to x and agent 2 treats x and y as perfect complements. The set of competitive equilibrium allocations (A) includes the allocation (1,0) for agent 1 and (1,1) for agent 2 (B) includes the allocation (0,1) for agent 1 and (2,0) for agent 2 (C) is empty (D) includes all allocations (x,1) for agent 1 and (2-x,0) for agent 2, where x∈[0,2]

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This question is on Existence and non-existence of equilibrium, part of General equilibrium and exchange economies in Microeconomics.

When a competitive equilibrium exists and the preferences that make it fail.

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