Existence of Equilibria in Large Competitive Markets with Bads, Production and Comprehensive Externalities

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Main Authors: Anderson, Robert M., Duanmu, Haosui, Khan, M. Ali, Uyanik, Metin
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Published: 2025
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author Anderson, Robert M.
Duanmu, Haosui
Khan, M. Ali
Uyanik, Metin
author_facet Anderson, Robert M.
Duanmu, Haosui
Khan, M. Ali
Uyanik, Metin
contents This paper establishes existence of equilibrium in a measure-theoretic general equilibrium (MGE) model with production, bads, and comprehensive externalities. These features are jointly essential for modeling perfect competition in which emissions of production byproducts impose harm on agents. We show that, when bads and externalities are modeled in an economically natural way, equilibrium exists. This yields the first existence theorem with bads for MGE models, the benchmark for perfect competition, overcoming Hara (2005)'s nonexistence example. The proof uses nonstandard analysis, which provides a systematic technique to extend results for finite to infinite models.
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spellingShingle Existence of Equilibria in Large Competitive Markets with Bads, Production and Comprehensive Externalities
Anderson, Robert M.
Duanmu, Haosui
Khan, M. Ali
Uyanik, Metin
Theoretical Economics
This paper establishes existence of equilibrium in a measure-theoretic general equilibrium (MGE) model with production, bads, and comprehensive externalities. These features are jointly essential for modeling perfect competition in which emissions of production byproducts impose harm on agents. We show that, when bads and externalities are modeled in an economically natural way, equilibrium exists. This yields the first existence theorem with bads for MGE models, the benchmark for perfect competition, overcoming Hara (2005)'s nonexistence example. The proof uses nonstandard analysis, which provides a systematic technique to extend results for finite to infinite models.
title Existence of Equilibria in Large Competitive Markets with Bads, Production and Comprehensive Externalities
topic Theoretical Economics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.00478