Optimal Growth Without Discounting -- Optimal Growth Models with Discounted Return -- Duality Theory in Infinite Horizon Optimization Models -- Rationalizability in Optimal Growth Theory -- On Stationary Optimal Stocks in Optimal Growth Theory: Existence and Uniqueness Results -- Optimal Cycles and Chaos -- Intertemporal Allocation with a Non-convex Technology -- Isotone Recursive Methods: The Case of Homogeneous Agents -- Discrete-Time Recursive Utility -- Indeterminacy in Discrete-Time Infinite-Horizon Models -- Theory of Stochastic Optimal Economic Growth -- The von Neumann-Gale Growth Model and Its Stochastic Generalization -- Equilibrium Dynamics with Many Agents -- Dynamic Games in Economics
Summary
The problem of efficient or optimal allocation of resources is a fundamental concern of economic analysis. This book provides surveys of significant results of the theory of optimal growth, as well as the techniques of dynamic optimization theory on which they are based