Abstract:This paper is concerned with the Hahn problem in a general monetary equilibrium model at the terminal period. Under the assumption that an initial endowment allocation is not Pareto optimal it is proved that an equilibrium with a positive value of money exists if traders take buying and selling prices of commodities as given even if transactions costs are not explicitly required in the buying and selling activities of traders in commodity markets.This result seems to suggest two interpretations. One is that a … Show more
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