TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterizing efficiency in stochastic overlapping generations models
AU - Zilcha, Itzhak
N1 - Funding Information:
* I thank David Kreps, Isaac Meilijson, and Eyal Sulganik for helpful discussions. Financial support from The Foerder Institute for Economic Research at the Tel-Aviv University is gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 1991/10
Y1 - 1991/10
N2 - We introduce uncertainty about production in Diamond's OLG model. We compare any two feasible consumption-production allocations using stochastic ordering and define two types of efficient allocations (given initial capital stock). For stationary allocations it is shown that a necessary and sufficient condition for efficiency (type I) is that E[log r(ω)] is greater or equal to log(1 + n), where r(ω) generates the stationary interest factors corresponding to this allocation, n is the population growth rate. A complete characterization of type II efficient allocations is derived using the property of "cyclical monotonicity" between each generation's consumption allocation and the relevant interest rates.
AB - We introduce uncertainty about production in Diamond's OLG model. We compare any two feasible consumption-production allocations using stochastic ordering and define two types of efficient allocations (given initial capital stock). For stationary allocations it is shown that a necessary and sufficient condition for efficiency (type I) is that E[log r(ω)] is greater or equal to log(1 + n), where r(ω) generates the stationary interest factors corresponding to this allocation, n is the population growth rate. A complete characterization of type II efficient allocations is derived using the property of "cyclical monotonicity" between each generation's consumption allocation and the relevant interest rates.
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U2 - 10.1016/0022-0531(91)90056-A
DO - 10.1016/0022-0531(91)90056-A
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AN - SCOPUS:0003113069
SN - 0022-0531
VL - 55
SP - 1
EP - 16
JO - Journal of Economic Theory
JF - Journal of Economic Theory
IS - 1
ER -