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Optimal Control of Investments in Old and New Capital Under Improving Technology

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  • Natali Hritonenko

    (Prairie View A&M University)

  • Nobuyuki Kato

    (Kanazawa University)

  • Yuri Yatsenko

    (Houston Baptist University)

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An optimal control problem for nonlinear integral equations of special kind is analyzed. It considers a firm’s investment into age-dependent capital under improving technology and limited substitutability among capital of different ages. We prove the existence of solutions and analyze their structure. It is shown that the initially bang-bang optimal investment switches to an interior one and eventually converges to a steady-state trajectory that represents balanced economic growth. The obtained analytic outcomes contribute to better understanding of investment policies under technological change.

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  • Natali Hritonenko & Nobuyuki Kato & Yuri Yatsenko, 2017. "Optimal Control of Investments in Old and New Capital Under Improving Technology," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Springer, vol. 172(1), pages 247-266, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joptap:v:172:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s10957-016-1022-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s10957-016-1022-y
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