Dynamics, stability, and foresight in the Shapley-Scarf housing market

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Mathematical Economics
Year: 2010
Volume: 46
Issue: 2
Pages: 214-222

Authors (2)

Kamijo, Yoshio (Waseda University) Kawasaki, Ryo (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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

Abstract

While most of the literature starting with Shapley and Scarf (1974) have considered a static exchange economy with indivisibilities, this paper studies the dynamics of such an economy. We find that both the dynamics generated by competitive equilibrium and the one generated by the weak dominance relation, converge to a set of allocations we define as strictly stable, which we can show to exist. Moreover, we show that even when only pairwise exchanges between two traders are allowed, the strictly stable allocations are attained eventually if traders are sufficiently farsighted.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:mateco:v:46:y:2010:i:2:p:214-222
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25