Author archives: José Luis Ferreira

Experimenting with markets

Experimenting with markets

Economics

By José Luis Ferreira

Markets are the most studied economic mechanism for two main reasons. First, they have existed in most societies. Second, at least since Adam Smith we have learned some of the interesting properties they possess. In particular, the modern General Equilibrium Theory, in its standard version, asserts that rational agents interacting in a competitive market with […]