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Econometrica Vol. 78 No. 3 2010

Existence and Uniqueness of a Fixed Point for Local Contractions

Yiannis Vailakis; Vailakis, Y.

Fundação Getulio Vargas

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Abstract

This paper proves the existence and uniqueness of a fixed-point for local contractions without assuming the family of contraction coefficients to be uniformly bounded away from 1. More importantly it shows how this fixed-point result can apply to study existence and uniqueness of solutions to some recursive equations that arise in economic dynamics.

DOI
10.3982/ecta7920
Volume
78
Issue
3
Pages
1127-1141
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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