This paper defines a new concept of the core for an economy with transaction costs, and uses this concept to prove a limit theorem for sequences of replica economies. In this way, it provides a rationale for a definition of equilibrium in which agents face a sequence of b udget constraints....

We claim that the stock market encourages business creation, innovation, and growth by allowing the recycling of "informed capital". Due to incentive and information problems, start-ups face larger costs of going public than mature firms. Sustaining a tight relationship with a monitor (bank,...

We claim that the stock market encourages business creation, innovation, and growth by allowing the recycling of "informed capital". Due to incentive and information problems, start-ups face larger costs of going public than mature firms. Sustaining a tight relationship with a monitor (bank,...