This paper establishes (i) an extension of Michel's (1990, Theorem 1) necessity result to an abstract reduced-form model, (ii) a generalization of the results of Weitzman (1973) and Ekeland and Scheinkman (1986), and (iii) a new result that is useful particularly in the case of homogeneous...

This paper shows that the standard transversality condition (STVC) is necessary for optimality for stochastic models with bounded or constant-relative-risk-aversion (CRRA) utility under fairly general conditions. We consider an infinite-horizon stochastic maximization problem that takes a...

This paper shows that the standard transversality condition (STVC) is nec-essary for optimality in stochastic models with bounded or constant-relative-risk- aversion (CRRA) utility under fairly general conditions. We consider an infinite-horizon stochastic maximization problem that takes a...

This paper shows stochastic versions of (i) Michel's (1990, Econometrica 58, 705--723, Theorem 1) necessity result , (ii) a generalization of the TVC results of Weitzman (1973, Manage. Sci. 19, 783--789) and Ekeland and Scheinkman (1986, Math. Oper. Res. 11, 216--229), and (iii) Kamihigashi's...

This paper shows that the standard transversality condition (STVC) is necessary for optimality for stochastic models with constant-relative-risk-aversion (CRRA) utility under general conditions. We consider an infinite-horizon stochastic maximization problem that takes a general form of...

This paper establishes (i) an extension of Michel's (1990, Theorem 1) necessity result to an abstract reduced-form model, (ii) a generalization of the results of Weitzman (1973) and Ekeland and Scheinkman (1986), and (iii) a new result that is useful particularly in the case of homogeneous...

Ekeland and Scheinkman (1986) prove the necessity of a standard transversality condition under certain technical conditions. Their result is one of the most powerful on the necessity of a transversality condition currently available in the literature, and their proof involves numerous...

This note provides a simple proof of the necessity of the transversality condition for the differentiable reduced-form model. The proof uses only an elementary perturbation argument without relying on dynamic programming. The proof makes it clear that, contrary to common belief, the necessity of...

We derive a new transversality condition (which we prove to be necessary) for a class of infinite horizon optimal control problems.