This book applies Optimal Control Theory to dynamic firm behaviour. In a deterministic context, the optimal investment and financing policy of a firm which is confronted with technological progress or with a fluctuating demand is studied. A new version of the Maximum Principle is derived in order to handle vintage models. Special attention is given to the shadow price interpretations and the (de-)merits of optimisation models of firm behaviour.
Onno van Hilten
Financing Finanzierungspolitik Investionspolitik Investment Konjunkturzyklen Technologischer Fortschritt business cycle dynamic firm behaviour maximum principle optimal control optimization technological process theory of the firm