Numerical Strategies for Solving the Nonlinear Rational Expectations Commodity Market Model

Computational Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 71-87

  Miranda, Mario J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear rational expectations models; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002181032     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008610311740     Document Type: Article

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