Walrasian market-clearing framework

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The Walrasian market-clearing framework is a general equilibrium model in which perfectly competitive markets continuously adjust prices so that supply equals demand in all markets simultaneously.

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instanceOf economic theory framework ⓘ
general equilibrium model ⓘ
appliedIn foundations of DSGE models ⓘ
theoretical analysis of competitive markets ⓘ
assumes complete markets ⓘ
flexible prices ⓘ
instantaneous price adjustment in theory ⓘ
no externalities in basic form ⓘ
no individual agent has market power ⓘ
no public goods in basic form ⓘ
perfect information ⓘ
perfectly competitive markets ⓘ
price-taking behavior ⓘ
profit-maximizing firms ⓘ
rational agents ⓘ
utility-maximizing consumers ⓘ
contrastsWith Keynesian fixed-price models ⓘ
partial equilibrium analysis ⓘ
coreConcept market clearing ⓘ
perfect competition ⓘ
price adjustment ⓘ
simultaneous equilibrium in all markets ⓘ
tatonnement process ⓘ
criticizedFor assuming instantaneous market clearing ⓘ
ignoring price rigidities ⓘ
strong informational assumptions ⓘ
defines equilibrium as a price vector where all markets clear ⓘ
market clearing as equality of supply and demand ⓘ
field general equilibrium theory ⓘ
microeconomics ⓘ
goal analyze efficiency properties of competitive equilibria ⓘ
determine existence of a general equilibrium ⓘ
historicalOrigin 19th century ⓘ
implies equilibrium allocation is Pareto efficient under standard assumptions ⓘ
influenced macroeconomic general equilibrium models ⓘ
modern microeconomic theory ⓘ
welfare economics ⓘ
influencedBy Léon Walras’s Elements of Pure Economics ⓘ
mathematicalTool fixed-point theorems ⓘ
topological methods in economics ⓘ
namedAfter Léon Walras ⓘ
linked to: Leon Walras
relatedConcept Arrow–Debreu model ⓘ
competitive equilibrium ⓘ
excess demand function ⓘ
first welfare theorem ⓘ
second welfare theorem ⓘ
uses price vector as central variable ⓘ
system of simultaneous equations for markets ⓘ

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