Empirical applications of discrete choice dynamic programming models

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Keane, Michael P ^a   Wolpin, Kenneth I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete choice dynamic programming models; Policy evaluation; Structural estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949100977     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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