Modelling vintage structures with DDEs: principles and applications

Raouf Boucekkine (), David de la Croix and Omar Lidandro
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Omar Lidandro: European University Institute, Firenze, and FEDEA, Madrid

No 2004004, LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES from Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)

Abstract: A comprehensive study of the linkages between demographic and economic variables should not only account for vintage specificity but also incorporate the relevant economic and demographic decisions in a complete optimal control set-up. In this paper, a methodological set-up allowing to reach the objectives is described. In this framework, time is continuous but agents take discrete timing decisions. The mixture of continuous and discrete time yields differential-difference equations (DDEs). This paper shows clearly that the approach allows for a relatively complete and rigorous analytical exploration in some special cases (mainly linear or quasi linear models), and for an easy computational appraisal in the general case.

Keywords: Demography; Economic growth; Vintage structures; Optimal control; Differential-difference equations; State-dependence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-03-01
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Journal Article: MODELLING VINTAGE STRUCTURES WITH DDEs: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS (2004)
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Working Paper: Modelling vintage structures with DDEs: principles and applications (2004)
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