Journal article
The computation of market equilibria
SIGACT news, Vol.35(4), pp.23-37
12/2004
DOI: 10.1145/1054916.1054927
Abstract
The market equilibrium problem has a long and distinguished history. In 1874, Walras published the famous "Elements of Pure Economics", where he describes a model for the state of an economic system in terms of demand and supply, and expresses the supply equals demand equilibrium conditions [62]. In 1936, Wald gave the first proof of the existence of an equilibrium for the Walrasian system, albeit under severe restrictions [61]. In 1954, Nobel laureates Arrow and Debreu proved the existence of an equilibrium under milder assumptions [3]. This existence result, along with the two fundamental theorems of welfare are the pillars of modern equilibrium theory. The First Fundamental Theorem of Welfare showed the Pareto optimality of allocations at equilibrium prices, thereby formally expressing Adam Smith's "invisible hand" property of markets and providing important social justification for the theory of equilibrium.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The computation of market equilibria
- Creators
- Bruno Codenotti - Toyota Technological Institute at ChicagoSriram Pemmaraju - University of IowaKasturi Varadarajan - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- SIGACT news, Vol.35(4), pp.23-37
- DOI
- 10.1145/1054916.1054927
- ISSN
- 0163-5700
- eISSN
- 1943-5827
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2004
- Academic Unit
- Computer Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984410838202771
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