Partial differential equation models in macroeconomics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 2028, 2014, Pages

  Achdou, Yves ^a   Buera, Francisco J ^b   Lasry, Jean Michel ^c   Lions, Pierre Louis ^d   Moll, Benjamin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^d PSL Research University   (France)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm size distribution; Heterogeneous agents; Income and wealth distribution; Mean field games

Indexed keywords

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

FIRM SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS; MEAN FIELD GAMES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (PDES); WEALTH DISTRIBUTIONS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84907863441     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0397     Document Type: Article

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