Strategic Intergenerational Bequests with Stochastic Convex Production.

B-Tier
Journal: Economic Theory
Year: 1996
Volume: 8
Issue: 2
Pages: 367-76

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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Abstract

This note reconsiders the well-known model of strategic bequest/altruistic growth, but with stochastic production satisfying a strong convexity condition: The probability that the next stock exceeds any given level is concave in investment. Existence of a Markov-stationary equilibrium consumption schedule, which is continuous and with all slopes in [0, 1], is established. Under smooth data and inferiority assumptions, this schedule is differentiable, and marginal consumption is in (0,1). This property allows for a rigorous and straightforward treatment of the equilibrium characterization problem.

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RePEc Handle
repec:spr:joecth:v:8:y:1996:i:2:p:367-76
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
1
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2026-01-24