Optimal consumption of a divisible durable good

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 561-613

  Cuoco, Domenico ^a   Liu, Hong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment costs; C61; D11; D91; Durable goods; G11; Singular stochastic control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038273476     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1889(99)00003-2     Document Type: Article

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