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The identification of preferences from equilibrium prices under uncertainty

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  • CHIAPPORI, Pierre-André
  • EKELAND, Ivar
  • KUBLER, Félix
  • POLEMARCHAKIS, Heracles
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The competitive equilibrium correspondence, which associates equilibrium prices of commodities and assets with allocations of endowments, identifies the preferences and beliefs of individuals under uncertainty; this is the case even if the asset market is incomplete.

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  • CHIAPPORI, Pierre-André & EKELAND, Ivar & KUBLER, Félix & POLEMARCHAKIS, Heracles, 2000. "The identification of preferences from equilibrium prices under uncertainty," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 2000025, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
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    6. Kubler, F. & Chiappori, P. -A. & Ekeland, I. & Polemarchakis, H. M., 2002. "The Identification of Preferences from Equilibrium Prices under Uncertainty," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 102(2), pages 403-420, February.
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    8. Carvajal, Andres & Polemarchakis, H.M., 2008. "Identification of Pareto-improving policies: Information as the real invisible hand," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 44(2), pages 167-179, January.
    9. Pierre‐André Chiappori & Bernard Salanié & François Salanié & Amit Gandhi, 2019. "From Aggregate Betting Data to Individual Risk Preferences," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 87(1), pages 1-36, January.
    10. Andrés Carvajal & Alvaro Riascos, 2004. "Global identification from the equilibrium manifold under incomplete markets," Royal Holloway, University of London: Discussion Papers in Economics 04/30, Department of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London, revised Nov 2004.
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    JEL classification:

    • D52 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Incomplete Markets
    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General

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