This paper offers a general proof of consistency for the simulated moments estimator in a parameterized family of stochastic models with monotone dynamics. Models with this monotonicity property are frequently encountered in economic applications. The proof of consistency of the estimator draws...

This paper presents a methodology for the formulation and testing of economic growth models. The model selected includes two production sectors with physical and human capital accumulation. These capital stocks are associated with spillover effects in the production of the physical good and in...

In this paper we are concerned with the performance of stock option contracts in the provision of managerial incentives. In our simple framework, we restrict the space of contracts available to the principal to those conformed by a fixed payment and a package of call options on the firm's stock....

This paper presents some examples of regular dynamic economies with externalities and taxes that either lack existence of a Markov equilibrium or such equilibrium is not continuous. These examples pose further challenges for the analysis and computation of these economies. JEL Classification:...

In this paper we are concerned with the equilibrium dynamics of a two-sector model of endogenous growth with distortionary taxes. We show that for certain parameters values and tax schemes every equilibrium orbit--except the steady state solution--is non-interior; i.e., there are times in which...

This paper formulates a model of retirement behavior based on the solution to a stochastic dynamic programming problem. The workers objective is to maximize expected discounted utility over his remaining lifetime. At each time period the worker chooses how much to consume and whether to work...

In this paper, we provide an overview of an emerging class of "monotone map methods" in analyzing distorted equilibrium in dynamic economies. In particular, we focus on proving the existence and characterization of competitive equilibrium in nonoptimal versions of the optimal growth models. We...

This paper provides a new characterization result for path independent choice functions (PICF) on finite domains and uses that characterization as the basis of an algorithm for the construction of all PICFs on a finite set of alternatives, V, designed by an a priori given set I of initial...

This paper uses lattice programming methods along with the extension of Tarski's fixed point theorem due to Veinott (1992) and Zhou (1994) to establish sufficient conditions for existence of sequential symmetric Markov equilibrium in a large class of dynamic games. Our method is constructive and...

This paper analyzes an infinite horizon model where a seller, who owns an indivisible unit of a good for sale, has incomplete information about the state of the world that determines not only the demand she faces but also her own valuation for the good. Over time, she randomly meets potential...