Abstract
We prove generic existence of recursive equilibrium for overlapping generations economies with uncertainty and incomplete financial markets. Generic here means in a residual set of utilities and endowments. The result holds provided there is sufficient intragenerational household heterogeneity, and transition probabilities and the asset payoff matrix satisfy mild regularity conditions. The paper also provides a new methodological technique to establish comparative statics, or perturbation, properties in such environments.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 322-337 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of Mathematical Economics |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2012 |
Keywords
- Incomplete markets
- Overlapping generations
- Recursive equilibrium
- Transversality theorem
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics
- Applied Mathematics