Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46658 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2010,02
Publisher: 
University of the Philippines, School of Economics (UPSE), Quezon City
Abstract: 
A non-tatonnement process is described using the simplest demandand-supply model, involving the following: uniformly distributed agents; random matching of buyers and sellers; and a universal permission to engage in mutually acceptable trade at nonequilibrium prices. A sufficient condition is then stated where expected welfare gains are paradoxically greater when the number of market agents is restricted, compared to when all traders are allowed to participate.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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