Infinite-Horizon Competitive Programs Are Optimal

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-238

  Dasgupta, Swapan ^a   Mitra, Tapan ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive conditions; Intertemporal decentralization; Optimal programs; Transversality condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347386233     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01231160     Document Type: Article

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