Comparing accuracy of second-order approximation and dynamic programming

Computational Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-91

  Becker, Stephanie ^a   Grüne, Lars ^a   Semmler, Willi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Approximation methods; Dynamic general equilibrium model; Dynamic programming; Second order approximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250865109     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: 15729974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10614-007-9087-1     Document Type: Article

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