Mathematics for Economists

(Greg DeLong) #1

Dynamic programming



  1. It gives us the induction hypothesis:


VTt =

p
1 +k+k^2 +.. .+kt

p
w
σTt =

w
1 +k+k^2 +.. .+kt
The only thing we should show is to prove this hypothesis:

VT(t+ (^1) )(w)= max
c 2 [ 0 ,w]
p
c+VTt(k(wc))


= max
c 2 [ 0 ,w]
p
c+
p
1 +k+k^2 +.. .+kt
q
k(wc)





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