Department of Economics, UCSB

Title:

Competitive Equilibrium Without Transitivity, Monotonicity, or Free Disposal

Author:

Bergstrom, Ted

Publication Date:

12-15-1973

Series:

Ted Bergstrom Papers

Publication Info:

Ted Bergstrom Papers, Department of Economics, UCSB, UC Santa Barbara

Permalink:

http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/6fn1z5gt

Citation:

Bergstrom, Ted. (1973). Competitive Equilibrium Without Transitivity, Monotonicity, or Free Disposal. UC Santa Barbara: Department of Economics, UCSB. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/6fn1z5gt

Additional Info:

I was proud of this paper when I wrote it. It had some new tricks and, I thought, the best existing proof of the existence of competitive equilibrium. I sent it to a journal and the referees didn't share my enthusiasm. They did, however, like my trick for disposing of free disposal. I published that part of the story in a later paper called "How to Dispense with Free Disposability (At No Cost).