In this chapter, we introduce the possibility of production in the general equilibrium framework: another class of agents, firms 1, enters the model. We first briefly discuss the concept of firm and we introduce the definition of equilibrium in a production economy. Then, following exactly the same strategy used in the previous chapter, we show existence of equilibria and properties of regular economies.
KeywordsUtility Function General Equilibrium Production Economy Transformation Function Exchange Economy
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