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Two-Stage Budgeting: A Difficult Problem

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  • Norman, A
  • Chou, J.
  • Chowdhury, M.
  • Dalal, A.
  • Fortson, M.
  • Jindal, M.
  • Payne, K.
  • Rajan, M.

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Utility maximization with a weakly separable utility function requires a consumer create an optimal budget for each separable subgroup. We show that computational complexity of optimal budgeting is the maximum of an exponential in the number of alternatives and a quadratic in the number of budget increments. From a budget survey of undergraduates we show that an undergraduate procedural consumer can obtain a budget estimate from the experience of previous students and can monitor the flow of funds and can make adjustments at a minuscule fraction of the calculations needed for optimal budgeting. Copyright 2001 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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  • Norman, A & Chou, J. & Chowdhury, M. & Dalal, A. & Fortson, M. & Jindal, M. & Payne, K. & Rajan, M., 2001. "Two-Stage Budgeting: A Difficult Problem," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 18(3), pages 259-271, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:compec:v:18:y:2001:i:3:p:259-71
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