Applying exterior differential calculus to economics: a presentation and some new results

Chiappori, Pierre-André; Ekeland, Ivar

Chiappori, Pierre-André; Ekeland, Ivar (2004), Applying exterior differential calculus to economics: a presentation and some new results, Japan and the World Economy, 16, 3, p. 363-385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.japwor.2004.02.003

Type

Article accepté pour publication ou publié

Date

2004

Journal name

Japan and the World Economy

Volume

Number

Publisher

Elsevier

Pages

363-385

Abstract (EN)

The paper provides an introduction to exterior differential calculus, and an application to the standard problem of the characterization of aggregate demand in an economy in which the number of agents is smaller than the number of goods.

Subjects / Keywords

Exterior differential calculus; Aggregation; Aggregate demand; Cartan–Kähler theorem

JEL

C60 - General