Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/96203 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Citation: 
[Journal:] SPOUDAI - Journal of Economics and Business [ISSN:] 2241-424X [Volume:] 63 [Issue:] 1/2 [Publisher:] University of Piraeus [Place:] Piraeus [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 94-99
Publisher: 
University of Piraeus, Piraeus
Abstract: 
It is shown that, in pure exchange economies, the individual demand functions can be recovered from the equilibrium set regardless of the way we evaluate wealth. Following Balasco (2004), the demand functions do not have to be differentiable, not even continuous nor utility maximizing. Thus, the set of equilibria does not necessarily carry the structure of a manifold. Further, it is proved that the inner product structure is redundant in the sense that the result holds true even if wealth is being evaluated by means of a more general function on the price commodity space satisfying minimal requirements.
Subjects: 
Equilibrium set (manifold)
Demand functions
JEL: 
D50
D51
Document Type: 
Article

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