Durable strategies that have prolonged effects are prevalent in real-world situations. Revenue-generating investments, toxic waste disposal, long-lived goods, regulatory measures, coalition agreements, diffusion of knowledge, advertisement and investments to accumulate physical capital are...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Introduction to the Maximum Principle -- 1. The Calculus of Variations and the Stationary Rate of Return on Capital -- 2. The Prototype-Economic Control Problem -- 3. The Maximum Principle in One Dimension -- 4. Applications of the Maximum...

This paper analyses the monetary policy of a central bank in a simple deterministic and continuous dynamic non-linear New-Keynesian model with an active central bank conducting monetary policy within inflation targeting framework. To meet this purpose, first we derive two differential equations...