Approximating Closed Form Solutions to a Class of Feedback Policies
28 Pages Posted: 8 Dec 2009
Date Written: October 30, 2009
Abstract
Dynamic optimization problems cover a large class of problems in theoretical and applied economics. A simple iterative algorithm with fast convergence is proposed. It is demonstrated that the algorithm in a few steps produce excellent analytic (closed form) approximations including error bounds to a class of nonlinear problems.The algorithmic scheme is also well suited to produce numerical solutions. The notions of dynamic and potential rents are operationalized. The algorithm is utilizing a relation balancing these concepts. The result is particularly strong in the case of zero discounting where the exact CU-optimal policy is determined in a single step. Applying a particular seed in the general convergent scheme reproduces in a simple way results (formulas) published in the last decade in bioeconomics.
Keywords: Closed form approximations, Contraction algorithm, Renewable resource economics, Capital dynamic modeling, Zero discounting and optimality
JEL Classification: A12, C61, C63, E10, Q00
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