where for every history st the real number μ > 0 is the Lagrange multiplier
associated with the Constraint (2). Taking the first-order conditions with
respect to every variable yields the following relationships for every history
st-1 and asset j
dPit-1 ■ βt 1 ∙ ui(cit-1 ) = μst-1 and (7)
∑ μit ∙ [djit + qjt] = μit-1 ∙qjt- 1 > (8)
st,→st-1
Rearranging terms gives
X dPsit ∙βti∙u0i(cst)∙ [djst + qsjt] = dPsit-1 ∙ βit-1 ∙ u0i(cst-1) ∙ qsjt-1, (9)
st,→st-1
and by (5) and some simplifications we obtain the desired relationship
X Psit ∙ βi ∙ u0i(cst) ∙ Rsjt = u0i(cst-1). (10)
st,→st-1
With the above relationship, we can prove our result. Fix ε > 0 and a
history st. It is easy to see that, for every δ > 0 such that Pi > δ for every
i, there exists an agent, denoted by δ(i), such that for the history st-1 such
that st → st-1 we have that cδ(-)1 ≥ w∣ 1 in equilibrium.
Since ui satisfies the Inada conditions for every i, this last remark implies
that the expression u0δ(i)(cδ(--)1 ) is bounded away from + ∞ for every δ > 0.
Also, since ci(i) ≤ wst and by the Inada conditions, a low enough value of
aggregate endowment wst in history st will increase the left-hand side of (10)
above to an arbitrary high level. Thus, as δ converges to 1 and wsst converges
to 0, for (10) to hold for agent δ(i) it must be true that Rsjst converges to
0 for every j such that djsst > 0. Thus, it is straightforward to find the two
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