Accuracy of numerical solutions using the Euler equation residuals

Econometrica

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1377-1402

  Santos, Manuel S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy tests; Approximation error; Error bounds; Euler equations; Numerical solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005826243     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0262.00165     Document Type: Article

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