Capital accumulation under technological progress and learning: A vintage capital approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 293-310

  Feichtinger, Gustav ^a   Hartl, Richard F ^b   Kort, Peter M ^c,d   Veliov, Vladimir M ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Economics; Investment analysis; Optimal control; Vintage capital stock

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL GOODS; INVESTMENT ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL CONTROL; VINTAGE CAPITAL STOCK;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; INVESTMENTS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 32544453543     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.07.070     Document Type: Article

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