The Econometric SocietyEdited by: Guido W. Imbens • Print ISSN: 0012-9682 • Online ISSN: 1468-0262
Econometrica: May, 1976, Volume 44, Issue 3
https://doi.org/0012-9682(197605)44:3<547:SOGEPF>2.0.CO;2-V
p. 547-559
Elhanan Helpman
Defining each good (factor) in each different country as a distinct good (factor), one can use Scarf's algorithm to solve general equilibrium problems for a trading world. The dimension of such problems grows very fast with the number of goods (factors) and countries, making computations extremely costly. Here we present a method for solving general equilibrium problems for a trading world which can be applied to a class of problems, and which requires considerably less computation time than the direct application of Scarf's algorithm.
