Econometrica

Journal Of The Econometric Society

An International Society for the Advancement of Economic
Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics

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Econometrica: May, 1974, Volume 42, Issue 3

An Axiomatic Characterization of the Price Mechanism

https://doi.org/0012-9682(197405)42:3<425:AACOTP>2.0.CO;2-B
p. 425-434

Hugo Sonnenschein

A set of independent axioms are exhibited which characterize the price mechanism. The Debreu-Scarf limit theorem on the core of an economy and a category theory viewpoint are employed in the analysis.

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