Recursive utility and the Ramsey problem

DOI10.1016/0022-0531(90)90006-6zbMath0716.90011OpenAlexW2140001243MaRDI QIDQ753632

John H. III Boyd

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(90)90006-6

zbMATH Keywords

existencecontinuityoptimal paths

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16) Economic growth models (91B62)

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