A Simple Competitive Model with Production and Storage

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Journal: Review of Economic Studies
Year: 1983
Volume: 50
Issue: 3
Pages: 427-441

Authors (2)

José A. Scheinkman (Columbia University) Jack Schechtman (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We study a rational expectations partial equilibrium model of a market for a single storable commodity whose output each period is a function of previous period effort on production and a realization of a shock that affects equally all producers. The final demand is non-random and depends only on each period's price. Risk-neutral producers make production and storage decisions based on forecasts of future price distributions. Existence of equilibrium is proved, and for the case of i.i.d. shocks several comparative statics results are established as well as the existence and stability of a unique stationary distribution.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:oup:restud:v:50:y:1983:i:3:p:427-441.
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29