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		| Stefano  Matta and Andrea  Loi | 
	
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		| ''A Riemannian metric on the equilibrium manifold: the smooth case'' | 
	
		| ( 2006, Vol. 4 No.30 ) | 
	
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		| In a pure exchange smooth economy with fixed total resources, we construct a Riemannian metric  on the equilibrium manifold such that the minimal geodesic connecting two (sufficiently close)  regular equilibria intersects the codimension one stratum of critical equilibria  in a finite number of points. | 
	
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		| JEL: D5 - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium: General 
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		| | Manuscript Received : Jul 05 2006 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Sep 20 2006 | 
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