The individual and the market: Paul Samuelson on (homothetic) Santa Claus economics.

Paul Samuelson often used the term “Santa Claus economics” for mathematical models with empirically unrealistic assumptions. I focus on one particular member of the Santa Claus family that Samuelson was very sceptical about: homothetic general equilibrium models (where all agents have identical homo...

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Publicado en:European Journal of the History of Economic Thought Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 425 - 453
Autor principal: Hands, D.W.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2016
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