Uncertainty and Endogenous Selection of Economic Equilibria

22 Pages Posted: 24 Mar 2003

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Pasquale Scaramozzino

University of Rome II - Faculty of Economics; University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); University of London - Centre for Financial and Management Studies (CeFIMS)

Nir Vulkan

University of Oxford - Said Business School

Date Written: March 2003

Abstract

This paper presents a model of co-ordination failures based on market power and local oligopoly. The economy exhibits a multiplicity of Pareto-ranked equilibria. The introduction of uncertainty generates an endogenous equilibrium selection process, due to a strategic use of information by firms. The economy is more likely to settle on some equilibria than on others. We argue that a full understanding of these robustness criteria is needed before any policy which is intended to help co-ordinate the level of activity to a Pareto dominant outcome can be successfully implemented.

Keywords: Microfoundations, co-ordination failure, equilibrium selection

JEL Classification: C7, E00

Suggested Citation

Scaramozzino, Pasquale and Vulkan, Nir, Uncertainty and Endogenous Selection of Economic Equilibria (March 2003). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=386281 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.386281

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