Modelling vintage structures with DDEs: Principles and applications

Mathematical Population Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 151-179

  Boucekkine, Raouf ^a   de la Croix, David ^b   Licandro, Omar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demography; Differential difference equations; Economic growth; Optimal control; State dependence; Vintage structures

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33746441472     PISSN: 08898480     EISSN: 1547724X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08898480890513580     Document Type: Article

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