JackofAllTradesoraMasterofOne Specialization,TradeandMoney.pdf

JackofAllTradesoraMasterofOne Specialization,TradeandMoney.pdf

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JackofA llTradesoraM asterofO ne? Specialization, TradeandM oney ¤ G abrieleCamera, R obertR .R eed, andChristopherJ.W aller A pril19 , 2000 A bstract W econsideramodelofdecentralizedexchangewhereindividuals areallowedtochoosethesetofgoodstheyproduce. Specializationin- volvesproducingasmallersetofgoodsanddoingitmorepro…ciently. Indoingso, agents reduceproductioncosts butreducetheprobabil- ityofbeingmatchedwithanacceptabletradingpartner. W ederive theindividuallyoptimaldegreeofspecializationandexaminehowit is a¤ected by underlyingfundamentals. Itis shownthatamatching externalityexists whichmakes theindividualchoiceofspecialization socially ine¢cient. Introducingmoney willlead tomorespecializa- tion relative tobarter, and has ambiguous e¤ects onwelfare. T hus, surprisingly, introducingmoneymayreducewelfare. JEL Classi…cation: C7 8, D 83, E41 Keywords: search, specialization, money, barter ¤ Purdue U niversity, IowaState U niversity, and U niversity ofKentucky, respectively. For correspondence: ChristopherW aller, D epartment of Economics, G atton College of B usiness and Economics, U niversity of Kentucky, L exington, KY 40506; email: cjwall@ pop.uky.edu, phone: (606) 257 -6226, andfax: (606) 323-19 20. W ewanttothank RandyW right, ShouyongShi, PingW angand D aveW ildasinforcomments andsugges- tions. JackofA llTradesoraM asterofO ne? Specialization, TradeandM oney A bstract W econsideramodelofdecentralizedexchangewhereindividualsareallowed tochoosethesetofgoods they produce. Specialization involves producinga smallersetofgoodsanddoingitmorepro…ciently. Indoingso, agents reduce product

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