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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791448203321

Autore

Weitzman Martin L. <1942->

Titolo

Income, wealth, and the maximum principle [[electronic resource] /] / Martin L. Weitzman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-674-04507-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

330/.01/5193

Soggetti

Economics - Mathematical models

Mathematical optimization

Maximum principles (Mathematics)

National income - Accounting

Wealth - Mathematical models

Economic development - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-335) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Introduction to the Maximum Principle -- 1. The Calculus of Variations and the Stationary Rate of Return on Capital -- 2. The Prototype-Economic Control Problem -- 3. The Maximum Principle in One Dimension -- 4. Applications of the Maximum Principle in One Dimension -- Part II. Comprehensive Accounting and the Maximum Principle -- 5. Optimal Multisector Growth and Dynamic Competitive Equilibrium -- 6. The Pure Theory of Perfectly Complete National Income Accounting -- 7. The Stochastic Wealth and Income Version of the Maximum Principle -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

A compact exposition of optimal control theory and applications, which presents an elementary yet rigorous proof of the maximum principle and a way of applying the principle that should enable students to solve any one-dimensional problem routinely.