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This note deals with the existence and uniqueness of a non-trivial steady-state equilibrium in an overlapping generations (OLG) model with productive capital and altruistic agents. We establish a necessary and sufficient condition for operative bequests which extends Abel (1987) and Weil (1987). Interestingly, we prove that the OLG model with production and altruistic agents always experiences a non-trivial steady-state equilibrium.
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Received: July 16, 1998; revised version: January 29, 1999
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Thibault, E. Existence of equilibrium in an OLG model with production and altruistic preferences. Econ Theory 15, 709–715 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001990050320
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