Multiple equilibria and thresholds due to relative investment costs

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-82

  Hartl, R F ^a   Kort, P M ^b   Feichtinger, G ^c   Wirl, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

multiple equilibria; Optimal control; relative investment costs; Skiba points

Indexed keywords

COSTS; HAMILTONIANS;

DYNAMICS MODELS; INVESTMENT COSTS; MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIUM; MULTIPLE THRESHOLD; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; RELATIVE INVESTMENT COST; SKIBUM POINT; STABLE STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE; UNSTABLE STEADY STATE;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 4043165179     PISSN: 00223239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOTA.0000043991.06755.af     Document Type: Article

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