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Inequality Constraints in Recursive Economies

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EUI ECO; 2006/6
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RENDAHL, Pontus, Inequality Constraints in Recursive Economies, EUI ECO, 2006/6 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/4203
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Dynamic models with inequality constraints pose a challenging prob- lem for two major reasons: Dynamic Programming techniques often necessitate a non established differentiability of the value function, while Euler equation based techniques have problematic or unknown convergence properties. This paper aims to resolve these two concerns: An \envelope theorem" is presented that establishes the differentiability of any element in the convergent sequence of approximate value functions when inequality constraints may bind. As a corollary, convergence of an iterative procedure on the Euler equation, usually referred to as time iteration, is ascertained. This procedure turns out to be very convenient from a computational perspective; dynamic economic problems with inequality constraints can be solved reliably and extremely e±ciently by exploiting the theoretical insights provided by the paper.
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