Imperfect competition and capital accumulation: the role of price normalization |
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Authors: | Gerhard Sorger |
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Institution: | (1) Present address: Department of Economics, University of Vienna, Brünner Strasse 72, A-1210 Vienna, Austria |
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Abstract: | We consider a capital-accumulation model with infinitely lived households and two production sectors. The intermediate-good sector is characterized by perfect competition, a constant-returns-to-scale technology, and production externalities. The final-good sector is a monopoly operating under constant returns to scale. We analyze the general equilibrium in the sense of Gabszewicz and Vial Journal of Economic Theory (1972) 4: 381–400] for this economy and different price-normalization rules. It is shown that the qualitative behavior of the equilibrium paths depends crucially on the chosen normalization rule. In particular, whether equilibria are monotonic or oscillating and whether indeterminacy occurs or not may depend on the choice of the numeraire. |
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Keywords: | general equilibrium imperfect competition growth price normalization |
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