Computing Equilibria in General Equilibrium Models via Interior-point Methods
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In this paper we study new computational methods to find equilibria in general equilibrium models. We first survey the algorithms to compute equilibria that can be found in the literature on computational economics and we indicate how these algorithms can be improved from the computational point of view. We also provide alternative algorithms that are able to compute the equilibria in an efficient manner even for large-scale models, based on interior-point methods. We illustrate the proposed methods with some examples taken from the literature on general equilibrium models.Download Info
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Volume (Year): 23 (2004)
Issue (Month): 2 (03)
Pages: 147-171
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- Esteban Bravo, Mercedes, 2004. "Computing equilibria in general equilibrium models via interior-point method," Open Access publications from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid info:hdl:10016/7319, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
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- Esteban Bravo, Mercedes & Vidal-Sanz, Jose M., 2007.
"Computing continuous-time growth models with boundary conditions via wavelets,"
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- Mercedes Esteban-Bravo & Jose M. Vidal-Sanz, 2004. "Computing Continuous-Time Growth Models With Boundary Conditions Via Wavelets," Business Economics Working Papers wb045619, Universidad Carlos III, Departamento de EconomÃa de la Empresa.
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