The optimality of a control band policy

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 877-901

  Plehn Dujowich, Jose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Menu cost; Stochastic control

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644492860     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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