Optimal economic growth with recursive preferences: decreasing rate of time preference

In the field of optimal growth theory, since Ramsey's time it is frequent to maximize a welfare function consisting of the discounted sum of instantaneous utilities, with a constant rate of time preferencie. Such an optimality criterion implies that preferences are independent over time. <...

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Autor principal: Mantel, Rolf R.
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1999
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/9105
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Sumario:In the field of optimal growth theory, since Ramsey's time it is frequent to maximize a welfare function consisting of the discounted sum of instantaneous utilities, with a constant rate of time preferencie. Such an optimality criterion implies that preferences are independent over time. <i>(Párrafo extraído del texto a modo de resumen)</i>