We analyze the life cycle consumption choice model for multiple goods, focusing on the distinction between durables and perishables. As an approximation of the fact that rather high transaction costs and market imperfections prevail in markets for used durables, we assume that investment in...

We analyze the life cycle consumption choice model for multiple goods, focusing on the distinction between durables and perishables. As an approximation of the fact that rather high transaction costs and market imperfections prevail in markets for used durables, we assume that investment in...

We consider an investment project that produces a single commodity. The project's operation yields payoff at a rate that depends on the project's installed capacity level and on an underlying economic indicator such as the output commodity's price or demand, which we model by an ergodic,...