On the existence of chaotic policy functions in dynamic optimization

Japanese Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 470-484

  Mitra, Tapan ^a   Sorger, Gerhard ^a  

^a NONE

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ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH THEORY; POLICY STRATEGY;

EID: 0033402707     PISSN: 13524739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5876.00133     Document Type: Article

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