Multiple Equilibria, History Dependence, and Global Dynamics in Intertemporal Optimization Models
Multiple Equilibria, History Dependence, and Global Dynamics in Intertemporal Optimization Models
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跨期优化模型中的多重均衡、历史依赖性和全局动态
DOI:
10.1108/s1571-0386(2004)0000014007
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2004
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F. Wirl
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C. Deissenberg;G. Feichtinger;W. Semmler;F. Wirl
Multiple equilibria and history dependent optimal solutions are important features of a wealth of widely diverse economic models. These features are typically related to the presence of market imperfections, expectational phenomena, and the like. Less known is that they can also arise in efficient deterministic intertemporal optimization models. We examine different mechanisms that can generate multiple optimal equilibria in models of the latter type, and discuss the properties of the thresholds that separate the basins of attraction of the different equilibria. As most of the existing literature, the chapter focuses on one-dimensional state space models. However, an extension to the two-dimensional case is also presented. Since in many important instances the thresholds cannot be found analytically, we present three methods that allow to compute and analyze them numerically. Finally, we give a cursory review of efficient dynamic economic models with multiple equilibria. 92 C. Deissenberg et al.