A Appendix
A.1 Proofs
Proof of Proposition 1. (i) The conditions which characterize a steady-state equilib-
rium are (20) and (21). Multiplying (20) by the denominator of (21) reveals that these
conditions are equivalent to
p0 = h (p0) , (25)
where
h (Po) = m + β (m - l´ Po (26)
m*
Steady-state equilibria are thus fixed points of h () , and fixed points of h () are steady-
state equilibria.
(ii) For P0 > 0 the function h () is strictly positive, strictly increasing, and strictly
convex.
(iii) Define Pe0 implicitly as follows:
Pe0:h0(Pe0)=1.
At Pe0,h() is tangent to the 45o line. By differentiating h () , we find that
e = (βε≡ -1) Γ"" > 0,
(27)
and Pe0 is decreasing in m.
Convexity of h () implies that if h (Pe0) > Pe0 then h () does not have a fixed point,
and if h (Pe0) <P0 then h () has two fixed points. We now need to show that for low m,
h (Po) < Po, and for high m, h (po) > Po- From (27) and (26), h (po) ^ Po is equivalent to
■m s (βc)ɪ/(ɪ-ε) ((ε - 1) /ε)
m-
m
∖m-
1∕(1-ε)
(28)
It is straightforward to show from (28) that there is a unique value ofm, call it me such
that h (po) ^ po for m ^ m. ■
Proof of Proposition 2. (Sketch) From (18) and (19), point-in-time equilibrium
values of po are solutions to
fm- - mP = β μg(p°)PoY'"1 (m0 - m-) , (29)
po g (po)
for fixed m0 >m- and p0o .
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