Long horizon versus short horizon planning in dynamic optimization problems with incomplete information

Economic Theory

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 575-597

  Dawid, Herbert ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic optimization; Heuristics; Local stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244454900     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-003-0437-5     Document Type: Article

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