Consumption-savings decisions with quasi-geometric discounting

Econometrica

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 365-375

  Krusell, Per ^a   Smith Jr , Anthony A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DECISION THEORY; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FORECASTING; GAME THEORY; GEOMETRY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; THEOREM PROVING; WAGES;

AFFINE PRODUCTION FUNCTION; CONSUMPTION SAVINGS DECISIONS; GEOMETRIC DISCOUNT FUNCTIONS; LABOR INCOME; PERIOD UTILITY FUNCTION; QUASIGEOMETRIC DISCOUNTING; STEP FUNCTION;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 0037276986     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0262.00400     Document Type: Article

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