Accepted Paper

Inserted: 14 oct 2017
Last Updated: 24 jan 2020

Journal: J. Math. Pures Appl.
Year: 2020

Abstract:

This work provides a rigorous treatment concerning the formation of rational expectations equilibria in a general class of spatial economic models under the effect of externalities, using techniques from calculus of variations and optimal control. Using detailed estimates for a parametric optimisation problem, the existence of rational expectations equilibria is proved via a fixed-point theorem, and they are characterised in terms of a nonlocal Euler-Lagrange equation. The study of the individual optimisation problem, formulated according to Ramsey's model, is performed via a convex relaxation to the space of BV capital paths and measure-valued consumptions, and allows to obtain existence, uniqueness, regularity and stability properties for the optimisers in a rigorous and original way.

Keywords: optimal control, general equilibrium, infinite-horizon, pontryagin principle, BV space

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