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Consumer theory, and thus general equilibrium theory, sees agents as making transactions subject to a wealth constraint, that is, subject to the value of their purchases not exceeding that of their sales.
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Allingham, M. (2018). Wealth Constraint. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_1886
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