We consider an infinite horizon exchange economy with incomplete markets and default. As in Geanakoplos and Zame (1998) financial securities are traded if the promises associated with them are backed by collateral. The only collateral available in our economy are shares of Lucas trees. We prove...

In this paper we develop an algorithm to numerically solve dynamic stochastic overlapping generations economies. In our model agents live for six periods and face idiosyncratic as well as aggregate uncertainty with respect to their labor and capital income. Insurance markets are absent and...