COWLES FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS
AT YALE UNIVERSITY

Box 208281
New Haven, CT 06520-8281

COWLES FOUNDATION DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 389

"A Finite Algorithm for the Linear Exchange Model"

B. Curtis Eaves

1975

It is shown that Lemke’s algorithm can be used to compute, in a finite number of steps, an equilibrium or reduction for the pure exchange model with linear utilities.