The Sensitivity Analysis of the Optimal Length of Life -the Numerical Approach-

Ken Tabata and Y. Ohkusa

Working Papers from Osaka - Institute of Social and Economic Research

Abstract: This paper solves the pure consumption Grossman model numerically following dynamic programming method, and undertakes sensitivity analysis of the optimal length of life. This is the first analysis that treats the determination of optimal length of life explicitly with numerical analysis.

Keywords: MATHEMATICS; LIFE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 C63 I10 I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000

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