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Stochastic optimal growth with nonconvexities

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  • Nishimura, Kazuo
  • Rudnicki, Ryszard
  • Stachurski, John

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The stochastic optimal growth model (Brock and Mirman 1972) is a foundation stone of modern macroeconomic and econometric research. To accommodate the data, however, economists are often forced to go beyond the convex production tech- nology used in these original studies. Nonconvexities lead to technical difficulties which applied researchers would rather not confront. Value functions are in general no longer smooth, optimal policies contain jumps, and the Euler equation may not hold.
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  • Nishimura, Kazuo & Rudnicki, Ryszard & Stachurski, John, 2006. "Stochastic optimal growth with nonconvexities," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 42(1), pages 74-96, February.
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