Comparing Numerical Methods for Solving the Competitive Storage Model

Computational Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 267-295

  Gouel, Christophe ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b CEPII   (France)

Author keywords

Binding constraint; Nonlinear rational expectations models; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872969335     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: 15729974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10614-012-9318-y     Document Type: Article

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